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Timeline Of Indian History
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1. Kingdom of Tambapanni
1947 - July
543
1351
1858
2. Magadha Kingdom
250s
1414
500
1581
3. Guru Granth Sahib becomes Guru of Sikhs.
1965
377 BC
1708
1940
4. Conquest of Kalinga
1414
1600
1200
261 BC
5. Ahmadnagar declares independence - followed by Bijapur and Berar in the same year thus breaking up the Bahmani Sultanate.
850
1773
1773
1490
6. Marava Kingdom
1759
1130
1869
1600
7. Huna Kingdom
326 BC
1927 - November
December 2001
475
8. Nanda Empire
1856
1661
424
1760
9. Died Tatya Tope
1928
1990
1343
1859 - 18 April
10. Cancelation of Partition of Bengal - Delhi Durbar Third Time
1911
1965
10
266 BC
11. Constantinople won By Turkey
450
1453
377 BC
3300
12. 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.
1990
333 BC
3300 BC
1801
13. Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh state kill more than 50 policemen in a dawn attack.
1370
1950 - 26 January
1681
March 2007
14. Birth of Babur in Andijan - Fergana Valley in Central Asia
1572
1515
1483
1398
15. Nehru's daughterIndira Gandhi becomes prime minister.
300 BC
1966
1932 - 24 September
180 BC
16. 'Arya Samaj' Established - Aligarh Muslim University
1628
1875
1469
200 AD
17. Mahatma Gandhi assassinated by a right wing Hindu nationalist Nathuram Godse. War with Pakistan over disputed territory of Kashmir. Telangana and other princely states integrated inIndian union
1795
684
1948 - 30 January
1228
18. Guru Arjan Dev becomes fifth Guru of Sikhs.
1581
350
November 2008
1798
19. Lodi Sultanate
250s
1451
266 BC
1795
20. Death of Nana Fadnavis
1192
1811
1928
1800
21. Babur completes his Baburnama - reflecting on society - politics - economics - history - geography - nature - flora and fauna - which to this day is a standard textbook in 25 countries. Babur dies - and is succeeded by his son Humayun.
1700
1530
1370
850
22. Khilji Sultanate
1903
1290
543
836
23. Kingdom of Kandy
1310
1946 - February
1469
1814
24. Khilji Sultanate
1806
1290
1977
788
25. Indian Rebellion of 1857
1000
1485
1999
1857 - 10 May
26. Lala Lajpat Rai is born (to 1928)
1990
200 AD
1974
1865 - 28 January
27. 'Victory of Prithviraj Chauhan'.First battle of Tarain between Mohammed Ghori and Prithviraj III. Ghauri is defeated by Prithivi Raj Chauhan III.
413
1191
1554
1674
28. First Anglo-Sikh Wars (to 1849)
1407
1806
1980
1845
29. Humayun regained the throne of Delhi from the hands of weak successors of Sher Shah.
1700
184 BC
1555
1545
30. Delhi conspiracy case
1790
1799
1
1912
31. Cyrus the Great - founder of the Persian Achaemenid Empire conquers northwestern parts of theIndian subcontinent.
538 BC
1630
380
1527
32. Sikh Empire
1757
800
1799
7000
33. Abdur Razzaq visitsIndia
1443
1399
1040
3300
34. Iron age
1605
1200
1486
1905
35. Invasions by the Huna.
1555
1909
450
February 2002
36. British Ceylon
1815
1500 BC
1600
1030
37. 'Victory of Mohammed Ghauri'. Second battle of Tarain fought between Ghauri and Prithivi Raj Chauhan III. Prithvi Raj Chauhan III is defeated by Mhammed Ghori.
1401
2000
1192
1950 - 26 January
38. Princely states (to 1947)
1765
850
1469
1786
39. Delhi Sultanate
1206
1939
300 BC
1806
40. First Muslim mosque inIndia constructed in kerala by malik dheenar
543
629
1865 - 28 January
600 BC
41. PortugueseIndia (to 1961)
1600
1605
1510
1911
42. Kingdom of Kurunegala
1545
1293
1853 - 16 April
380
43. Third Anglo-Mysore War begins.
1586
265 BC
1789
300 BC
44. 'Atmiya Sabha' Established Later on known as 'Prarthana Samaj' By Raja Ram Mohan Roy
1814
1526
350
1931 - March
45. Suicide squad attacks parliament in New Delhi - killing several police. The five gunmen die in the assault. India imposes sanctions against Pakistan - to force it to take action against two Kashmir militant groups blamed for the suicide attack on par
1659
1552
December 2001
2600 BC
46. Period IV of Mehrgarh ends
3300 BC
280
1761
305 BC
47. India deploys troops for peacekeeping operation in Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict.
1200
1987
1989
1650
48. Stone age
35
7000
1555
1990
49. Other states
1102
836
1867
1903
50. Mauryan Empire is founded by Chandragupta Maurya in Magadha after he defeats the Nanda dynasty and Macedonian Seleucid Empire. Mauryan capital city is Patliputra (Modern Patna in Bihar)
629
1083
321 BC
753