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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Persian rule in the northwest ends after Darius III is defeated by Alexander the Great - who establishes the Macedonian Empire after inheriting the Persian Achaemenid Empire.






2. Kingdom of Sitawaka






3. Kingdom of Kochi is taken over by the Portuguese creating the first European settlement inIndia.






4. Nehru's daughterIndira Gandhi becomes prime minister.






5. Dutch Ceylon






6. 'Arya Samaj' Established - Aligarh Muslim University






7. Kingdom of Dambadeniya






8. Delhi conspiracy case






9. Kingdom of Upatissa Nuwara






10. Troops storm Golden Temple - Sikhs' most holy shrine - to flush out Sikh militants pressing for self-rule. Indira Gandhi assassinated by Sikh bodyguards - following which her son - Rajiv - takes over.






11. Garhwal Kingdom






12. Jehangir announces 'Chain of Justice' outside his palace that anyone can ring the bell and get a personal hearing with the emperor. Jehangir dies - and is succeeded by his son Shah Jahan.






13. Kakatiya Kingdom






14. Rai Kingdom






15. Chandra Vidyasagar is born (to 1891)






16. Subhas Chandra Bose calls Mahatma Gandhi as the Father of the Nation.






17. (February) Vajpayee makes historic bus trip to Pakistan to meet Premier Nawaz Sharif and to sign bilateral Lahore peace declaration. (May) Tension in Kashmir leads to brief war with Pakistan-backed forces in the icy heights around Kargil inIndian-hel






18. Maha-Megha-Vahana Empire






19. Battle of Plassey - Company rule inIndia (to 1857)






20. Bardoli Satyagraha






21. Santhal rebellion






22. Hindu extremists demolish mosque in Ayodhya - triggering widespread Hindu-Muslim violence.






23. Seleucus gives up his territories in the subcontinent (Afghanistan/Baluchistan) to Chandragupta in exchange for 500 elephants. Seleucus offers his daughter in marriage to Chandragupta to seal their friendship.






24. Maharaja Ranjit Singh establishes Khalsa rule of Punjab from Lahore. Khalsa army liberates Kashmiri Pundits and invades Afghanistan through Khyber Pass.






25. Lahore Resolution - August offer 1940






26. Maurya Empire






27. EastIndia company is formed in England. Gets exclusive trading rights withIndia.






28. Second Anglo-Mysore War begins.






29. Third Anglo-Maratha War ends with the defeat of Bajirao II and the end of the Maratha Empire leaving the EastIndia Company with control of almost the whole ofIndia






30. Western Satrap Empire






31. Guru Tegh Bahadur becomes ninth Guru of Sikhs.






32. Gautamiputra Satkarni becomes Satavahana emperor and starts Shalivahana era calendar after defeating Scythian king Maues.






33. Mughal army arrested for the act.






34. Muslim separatist groups begin campaign of violence in Kashmir.






35. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War begins.






36. Rajaram Chhatrapati died






37. British Expedition to Tibet






38. Guru Ram Das becomes fourth Guru of Sikhs. Akbar annexes Bengal.






39. Lucknow Pact






40. Portuguese land on the Coromandel Coast






41. Third Anglo-Mysore War ends.






42. Siddharta Gautama 'Buddha' of the Shakya polity in S. Nepal - founds Buddhism (older date - 563






43. Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh state kill more than 50 policemen in a dawn attack.






44. Third Anglo-Maratha War ends with the defeat of Bajirao II and the end of the Maratha Empire leaving the EastIndia Company with control of almost the whole ofIndia






45. Sikh Empire






46. Chalukya Empire






47. Inter-religious bloodshed breaks out after 59 Hindu pilgrims returning from Ayodhya are killed in a train fire in Godhra - Gujarat. More than 1000 people - mainly Muslims - die in subsequent riots. (Police and officials blamed the fire on a Muslim mo






48. Khizr Khan - deputized by Timur to be the governor of Multan takes over Delhi founding the Sayyid dynasty






49. Shah Jahan completes Taj Mahal - Jama Masjid[disambiguation needed] - and RedFort. Imperial treasuries drained by architectural and military overexpenditures. Shah Jahan dies - and is succeeded by his son Aurangzeb.






50. Republic Day (India)