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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Kingdom of Ruhuna






2. Yadava Empire






3. Marathas comprehensively defeat the Nizam - Maratha Empire reaches its zenith.






4. Death of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.






5. Thanjavur Kingdom






6. 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






7. Beginning of Vikram Era






8. Gurjara Pratihara Empire






9. Mahatma Gandhi is born (to 1948)






10. Delhi DurbarFirst time






11. Death of Islam Shah.






12. Kadamba Empire






13. PortugueseIndia (to 1961)






14. Gakhars kills Muhammad Ghori during a raid on his camp on the Jhelum River






15. Kushan Empire






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






17. Vishnukundina Empire






18. Quit India Movement - (Late March) Cripps' mission - (August) Indian National Army Established by Subhas Chandra Bose






19. Ahom Kingdom






20. BJP forms coalition government under Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee. India carries out nuclear tests - leading to widespread international condemnation.






21. India successfully test-fires a nuclear-capable ballistic missile - the Agni - off its eastern coast.






22. Death of Islam Shah.






23. Life of Basaveshwara - philosopher and social reformer. (to 1196)






24. Durrani Empire






25. Period IV of Mehrgarh ends






26. 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.






27. Guru Tegh Bahadur - the ninth Guru of Sikhs is executed in Delhi by the order of Aurangzeb for his support for the Kashmiri Hindus to practice their religion.Guru Gobind Singh becomes tenth Guru of Sikhs.






28. Western Chalukya Empire






29. Solanki Kingdom






30. Advent of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu - founder of Gaudiya Vaishnavism and leader of the world's first civil disobedience movement - in Navadwip - West Bengal






31. Badami Chalukya power at its peak. Pulakesi II pushes north up to the Narmada and defeats the invading Harshavardhana of Kanauj






32. Ghadar conspiracy - Provisional Government of India formed in Kabul. Gandhiji Return toIndia.






33. Vajpayee meets Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in the first summit between the two neighbours in more than two years. The meeting ends without a breakthrough or even a joint statement because of differences over Kashmir.






34. Western Satraps formed.






35. Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind - the Provisional Government of FreeIndia formed by Netaji.






36. Sultan Ibrahim Lodi - of the Delhi Sultanate - angers local nobles - who respond by inviting Babur - the Mughal ruler of Kabul - to invade Delhi and Agra. The local population - plus the possession of artillery - assists Babur in killing the Sultan (






37. Started Post Service






38. (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






39. Mamluk Sultanate






40. Lodi Sultanate






41. Indo-Scythian Kingdom






42. Ambhi king of Taxila surrenders to Alexander. Porus who ruled parts of the Punjab - fought Alexander at the Battle of the Hydaspes River.






43. Government of India Act 1935






44. Chalukya Empire






45. Salt Satyagraha - Round Table Conferences (India) First - civil disobedience movement






46. Humayun regained the throne of Delhi from the hands of weak successors of Sher Shah.






47. Chera Kingdom






48. Indo-Greek Kingdom






49. Guru Nanak - the founder of Sikhism is born






50. 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