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Timeline Of Indian History
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1. Kingdom of Anuradhapura
1581
377 BC
1932 - 24 September
200 BC
2. Kushan Empire
1341
1572
2001
60
3. British Expedition to Tibet
304 BC
1903
450
1757
4. Mallikarjuna Raya succeeds his father Deva Raya II
2003 August
1574
333 BC
1446
5. Shivaji's ill-equipped and small Maratha army defeat mighty Adilshahi troops at the Battle of Pratapgarh in a major upset inIndian history. Shivaji personally kills Adilshahi commander Afzal Khan (general).
1999
1659
1600
October 2001
6. Indian National Congress Eshtablished
538 BC
300
1130
1885 - 28 December
7. 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
1818
1935 - August
1130
1789
8. Mahatma Gandhi is born (to 1948)
350
1414
1869
1935 - August
9. Kingdom of Dambadeniya
1220
1412
1351
1200
10. Third Anglo-Mysore War ends.
1853 - 16 April
1792
377 BC
200 AD
11. Battle of Kannauj fought between Humayun and Sher Shah Suri and Humayun was completely defeated. Humayun lost the Mughal empire to Afghans (Suri Dynasty) - and passed 12 years in exile.
1780
1700
1540
1120
12. Kingdom of Upatissa Nuwara
500
1665
1977
505
13. The Maratha Peshwa (prime minister) usurps the Maratha kingdom - starting a new dynastic rule based in Pune.
1749
1946 - February
1867
1889 - 3 December
14. India successfully test-fires a nuclear-capable ballistic missile - the Agni - off its eastern coast.
1919
January 2002
1078
300 BC
15. Kuninda Kingdom
200s BC
1680
1806
350
16. Lala Lajpat Rai is born (to 1928)
1228
1865 - 28 January
1929
1398
17. Establishment of theIndo-Greek kingdom.
1500 BC
16 August
1877 - January
180 BC
18. Chandragupta I ascends to the Gupta throne.
1505
624
600 BC
320
19. Death of Ahilyabai Holkar
1070
1795
1325
1290
20. At least 50 people are killed in two simultaneous bomb blasts in Bombay.
2003 August
60
1885 - 28 December
1003-1320 AD
21. Period IV of Mehrgarh ends
1951
1900 - 22 October
3300 BC
1555
22. Lodi Sultanate
1451
1605
1915
1157
23. Yadava Empire
475
7000
850
1944
24. Aurangzeb invades the Deccan
1399
1681
3300
2000
25. The Mauryan Empire - which shrunk considerably - collapsed after its emperor Brihadrata was assassinated by his general Pusyamitra Sunga who then established the Sunga dynasty.
February 2002
1707
500s
184 BC
26. '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.
1539
1606
1505
1192
27. Hindu
1700
1674
1931 - March
1914
28. Nearly 200 people are killed and hundreds injured in a series of co-ordinated attacks by gunmen on the main tourist and business area ofIndia's financial capital Mumbai.India blames militants from Pakistan for the attacks and demands that Islamabad t
1336
November 2008
230
1885 - 28 December
29. Jallianwala Bagh massacre - Montagu
1200s
1919
543
1799
30. Ashoka begins displaying religious tolerance - grants animal rights - builds hospitals for people and animals - treats his subjects as equals regardless of caste or creed - and promotes non-violence and republicanism. Ashoka inscribes the Edicts of A
2003 August
1272
260 BC
1574
31. Early Vedic period (to 1000 BC)
July 2001
1500 BC
483 BC
320
32. Earliest evidence for indus valley civilization
350
1644
1764
3400 BCE
33. Mahavira - 24th Tirthankar of Jainism is born (traditional date).
450 BC
1777
599 BC
300 BC
34. Ashfaqulla Khan is born (to 1927)
240
1935 - August
1900 - 22 October
273 BC
35. Kingdoms of Sri Lanka
185
543 BC
78
December 2001
36. Vijayanagara Empire
200s BC
1925
1336
7000
37. Maurya Empire
1675
1779
321
1962
38. Lodi Sultanate
788
1451
1705
16 August
39. Durrani Empire
1414
543
1521
1747
40. Maratha sardar Mahadji Shinde routs the EastIndia Company army at the Battle of Wadgaon War ends with the restoration of status quo as per Treaty of Salbai.
3300
1779
1924
1801
41. Government of India Act 1935
1927 - November
1120
1424
1935 - August
42. Ulugh Khan defeats Prataparudra ending the Kakatiya dynasty
1221
2800 BC
1323
1194
43. US lifts sanctions which it imposed againstIndia and Pakistan after they staged nuclear tests in 1998. The move is seen as a reward for their support for the US-led anti-terror campaign.
September 2001
1206
850
180 BC
44. First Anglo-Maratha War
1605
1980
1775
326 BC
45. Death of Yashwantrao Holkar
1909
1674
1120
1811
46. Ahom Kingdom
1453
1191
1228
1789
47. Mughal Empire
1040
1526
1539
1856
48. Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh state kill more than 50 policemen in a dawn attack.
March 2007
1992
260 BC
3400 BCE
49. Sumra Dynasty ends the Arab domination and establishes its own rule over Sindh.
1058
1757
1300
1581
50. Indo-Scythian Kingdom
1300
1906
300 BC
200 BC