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Timeline Of Indian History
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1. Pallava Empire
1206
250 BC
1323
1674
2. Started Post Service
836
1705
1853
550s
3. Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act - 1856 - (23 July) Bal Gangadhar Tilak is born (to 1920) - (20 August) Narayana Guru is born (to 1928)
1358
1120
1856
1765
4. Ahmadnagar declares independence - followed by Bijapur and Berar in the same year thus breaking up the Bahmani Sultanate.
1914
1490
700
1777
5. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War begins.
1798
1940
250s BC
1814
6. British Raj (to 1947)
1505
1499
1707
1858
7. Congress suffers worst ever electoral defeat as Hindu nationalist BJP emerges as largest single party.
1996
1779
1605
1300
8. British Raj
2005 July
1858
1932 - 24 September
1505
9. Mahavira - 24th Tirthankar of Jainism is born (traditional date).
1824 - 12 February
1839
599 BC
21
10. Pandya Empire
July 2001
543
300 BC
1407
11. Kushan Empire
1975
1453
60
1780
12. Khilji Sultanate
200 AD
65 BC
1675
1290
13. Khudiram Bose is born (to 1908)
684
1889 - 3 December
1157
1757
14. Chandra Vidyasagar is born (to 1891)
1820 -
3300
500s
1194
15. Death of Yashwantrao Holkar
1811
1928
1674
1323
16. Vedic period
1192
200 BC
1300
2000
17. Mughal Empire
1620
1058
1526
1675
18. Anglo
300 BC
1555
1497
1823
19. Ashoka conquers and unifies most of South Asia - along with Afghanistan and eastern Iran.
266 BC
1803
1398
1792
20. Establishment of Rashtrakuta Kingdom of Manyakhet by Danti Durga by defeating Chalukyas of Badami
1490
1320
753
1559
21. Tughlaq Sultanate
326 BC
1320
1674
599 BC
22. Mature Harappan Culture
200 BC
1814
2600
377 BC
23. Indus Valley Civilization
650
1221
3300
1070
24. Non-cooperation movementKhilafat Movement
184 BC
1483
1530
1920
25. Invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni
1000
942
1586
300 BC
26. Painted Grey Ware culture
2003 August
1200
1749
1773
27. 'Arya Samaj' Established - Aligarh Muslim University
563 BC
1814
1875
1040
28. Advent of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu - founder of Gaudiya Vaishnavism and leader of the world's first civil disobedience movement - in Navadwip - West Bengal
1486
599 BC
7000
230
29. Mehrgarh Culture
7000
543
1865 - 28 January
1875
30. FrenchIndia
1925
1469
1759
1451
31. Rigveda (to 1000 BC)
475
1200 BC
1807
1351
32. Company Raj
1757
1950 - 26 January
78
550s
33. Narayanrao Peshwa is murdered by his uncle Raghunathrao's wife in front of Raghunathrao. Regulating Act of 1773 - Warren Hastings appointed as first Governor-General ofIndia
1773
250s BC
1102
1990
34. Janata Party Splits. Chaudhary Charan Singh becomes Prime Minister.
1979
1058
57 BC
1779
35. Indian Rebellion of 1857
1897 - 23 January
1863
1320
1857 - 10 May
36. Kingdom of Dambadeniya
1818
1932 - 24 September
1220
1157
37. Harshavardhana crowned Monarch.
424
606
1000
1814
38. Durrani Empire
1900 BC
1747
600 BC
1996
39. 'Prarthana Samaj' Established Earlier known as 'Atmiya Sabha'
1950 - 26 January
1867
230 BC
1947 AD
40. The Christian-Islamic power struggle in Europe and the Middle East. Spills over into theIndian Ocean as Battle of Chaul during the Portuguese-Mamluk War
1857
1508
1559
1877 - January
41. Paramara Kingdom
1526
1919
800
420
42. Gurjara-Pratihara (to 910)
10
1508
836
230
43. Ahom Kingdom
1996
1932 - 24 September
250s BC
1228
44. Marathas re-captures Delhi and parts of NorthIndia.
1771
1998
1948 - 30 January
1929
45. Republic Day (India)
1320
1996
1950 - 26 January
1911
46. Gupta Empire
3300
60
280
1801
47. Indira Gandhi returns to power heading Congress party splinter group - Congress (Indira).
57 BC
1845
543
1980
48. Gautamiputra Satkarni becomes Satavahana emperor and starts Shalivahana era calendar after defeating Scythian king Maues.
1522
265 BC
78
March 2007
49. First Anglo-Maratha War begins - in which Haidar Ali of Mysore defeats the combined armies of the EastIndia Company - the Marathas and the Nizam of Hyderabad.
1526
1897 - 23 January
1777
232 BC
50. Chief Justice of the Maratha Empire - Ram Shastri passes death sentence against the ruling Peshwa Raghunathrao for murdering his nephew.
1680
1974
1774
230 BC