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Timeline Of Indian History
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1. Battle of Buxar
1764
1134
240
1453
2. Painted Grey Ware culture
1206
1200
1771
1927 - November
3. Solanki Kingdom
321 BC
1817
1803
942
4. Marathas comprehensively defeat the Nizam - Maratha Empire reaches its zenith.
1757
543
1760
1799
5. Birth of Adi Shankaracharya
543
788
1796
1434
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
1931 - March
1906
1948 - 30 January
543 BC
7. Kalabhras Empire
250
1341
3300
1347
8. BritishIndia (to 1947) EastIndia Company (to 1757)
1220
240
1612
1451
9. Indian Rebellion of 1857
1980
800
1857 - 10 May
543
10. Ambhi king of Taxila surrenders to Alexander. Porus who ruled parts of the Punjab - fought Alexander at the Battle of the Hydaspes River.
326 BC
2001
1996
1891
11. DanishIndia (to 1869)
1696
1545
3300 BC
1572
12. Janata Party Splits. Chaudhary Charan Singh becomes Prime Minister.
1979
538 BC
1800
637
13. Vellore Mutiny
1120
1855 - 30 June
1806
345
14. Kalinga War takes place between Ashoka and the kingdom of Kalinga. After conquering Kalinga - Ashoka reportedly regrets what he had done - leading him to adopt Buddhism - which then became the quasi-official state religion of the Mauryan Empire.
1630
1774
265 BC
35
15. India explodes first nuclear device in underground test.
1974
July 2001
250 BC
1801
16. IndianIndependence Act 1947 by British Raj. Partition ofIndia - Freedom from British Raj. Hundreds of thousands die in widespread communal bloodshed after partition. (to 1948)
1792
1499
1962
1947 - July
17. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge.
1554
600 BC
1191
326 BC
18. Kalachuri Empire
250
1780
1130
1200s
19. Portuguese Ceylon
1412
1505
637
1696
20. Hindu extremists demolish mosque in Ayodhya - triggering widespread Hindu-Muslim violence.
1798
1228
321 BC
1992
21. Started Post Service
300 BC
1853
1859 - 18 April
345
22. 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
February 2002
1877 - January
1572
1628
23. 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
1948 - 30 January
230 BC
1913
1946 - February
24. Zamorin Kingdom
1943
1102
1911
1539
25. Gadar Party formed.
1509
335
1858
1913
26. India deploys troops for peacekeeping operation in Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict.
1971
1987
232 BC
16 August
27. Polonnaruwa Kingdom
300
1407
1510
1310
28. Champaran and Kheda Satyagraha
1875
1586
1950 - 26 January
1917
29. Guru Hargobind becomes sixth guru of Sikhs.
3000
1526
1977
1606
30. Established first three University of Mumbai - University of Madras and University of Calcutta inIndia
1857
December 2001
1574
1200s
31. Akbar annexes Kashmir.
606
1586
1443
1811
32. Delhi Sultanate
1206
1729
1757
240
33. Chalukya Empire
350
543
1554
57 BC
34. Guru Ram Das becomes fourth Guru of Sikhs. Akbar annexes Bengal.
1000 BC
350
1909
1574
35. Panini - a resident of Gandhara - describes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit.
350 BC
1799
184 BC
1681
36. Haryanka Kingdom
1414
1505
684
475
37. Vijayanagara Empire established by Harihara I and his brother Bukka Raya I
1336
1759
1424
1414
38. Jallianwala Bagh massacre - Montagu
1915
1919
1606
1817
39. Birth of Shivaji Maharaj.
814
2800 BC
1630
February 2002
40. Bahlul Khan Lodhi ascends the throne of the Delhi sultanate starting the Lodhi dynasty
1916
1805
1451
350
41. Paramara Kingdom
800
1939
280
1759
42. Poona Pact - (4 August) Communal Award - (November
300 BC
1102
1932 - 24 September
1490
43. 'Victory of Prithviraj Chauhan'.First battle of Tarain between Mohammed Ghori and Prithviraj III. Ghauri is defeated by Prithivi Raj Chauhan III.
1191
1486
180 BC
750
44. Invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni
1000
1486
1947 - July
60
45. DanishIndia (to 1869)
1414
180 BC
1696
1975
46. 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
260 BC
1905
75
1823
47. Lodi Sultanate
350 BC
1451
1780
1070
48. Aurangzeb invades the Deccan
232 BC
65 BC
1681
1674
49. Other states
1707
1102
305 BC
788
50. Birth of Babur in Andijan - Fergana Valley in Central Asia
1469
1749
1483
1191