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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Vajpayee's BJP party declines his offer to resign over a number of political scandals and the apparent failure of his talks with Pakistani President Musharraf.






2. Vasco de Gama's first voyage from Europe toIndia and back (to 1499)






3. Congress Party wins first general elections under leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru. (to 1952)






4. Maurya Empire






5. Sri-Gupta starts the Gupta Empire in Magadha - with its capital in Patliputra






6. Guru Har Krishan becomes eight guru of Sikhs.






7. Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh state kill more than 50 policemen in a dawn attack.






8. Mysore Kingdom






9. All India Forward Bloc Established by Subhas Chandra Bose






10. Chief Justice of the Maratha Empire - Ram Shastri passes death sentence against the ruling Peshwa Raghunathrao for murdering his nephew.






11. Kalabhras Empire






12. Hoysala Empire






13. Indo-Greek Kingdom






14. 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






15. Hoysala Empire






16. Western Satrap Empire






17. Maha-Megha-Vahana Empire






18. Birth of Babur in Andijan - Fergana Valley in Central Asia






19. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War begins.






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






21. Kushan Empire






22. Gadar Party formed.






23. Subhas Chandra Bose calls Mahatma Gandhi as the Father of the Nation.






24. Northern Black Polished Ware






25. Chandragupta Maurya defeats Seleucus Nicator of the Seleucid Empire.






26. Last invasion of Mahmud Ghazni - sacked and destroyed temple of Somnath






27. Indira Gandhi declares state of emergency after being found guilty of electoral malpractice. Nearly 1000 political opponents imprisoned and programme of compulsory birth control introduced. (to 1977)






28. Lucknow Pact






29. Late Harappan Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins - including Cemetery H culture and other cultures.






30. Ram Mohan Roy Born (to 1833)






31. Guru Ram Das becomes fourth Guru of Sikhs. Akbar annexes Bengal.






32. Timur plunders Lahore






33. Death of Nana Fadnavis






34. Cyrus the Great - founder of the Persian Achaemenid Empire conquers northwestern parts of theIndian subcontinent.






35. Establishment of the Kushan empire by Kujula Kadphises.






36. Keladi Kingdom






37. Akbar dies - and is succeeded by his son Jehangir.






38. Simon Commission






39. Eastern Ganga Empire






40. First Anglo-Afghan War






41. Second Anglo-Mysore War ends with the Treaty of Mangalore.






42. Haryanka Kingdom






43. Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh state kill more than 50 policemen in a dawn attack.






44. Massive earthquakes hit the western state of Gujarat - leaving at least 30000 dead.






45. Ror Kingdom






46. Indo-Sassanid Kingdom






47. Kuninda Kingdom






48. Falling public support leads to Congress defeat in general election.






49. Died Tatya Tope






50. Thanjavur Kingdom