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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Kingdom of Tambapanni






2. Chandra Vidyasagar is born (to 1891)






3. Dayananda Saraswati is born (to 1883)






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






5. Alberuni arrivies inIndia; death of Mahmud of Ghazni






6. Partition of Bengal






7. Mature Harappan Culture






8. Veera Ballala III killed at the Battle of Madurai.






9. Battle of Diu marks the beginning of the dominance of the Europeans in the Asian naval theater.






10. Sayyid Sultanate






11. Rai Kingdom






12. Chitradurga Kingdom






13. Huna Kingdom






14. Congress suffers worst ever electoral defeat as Hindu nationalist BJP emerges as largest single party.






15. Gautam Buddha - founder of Buddhism is born.






16. Third Anglo-Maratha War begins






17. EastIndia Company signs treaty of Amritsar with Maharaja Ranjit Singh






18. Bahlul Khan Lodhi ascends the throne of the Delhi sultanate starting the Lodhi dynasty






19. Chalukya Empire






20. Akbar the Great annexes Gujarat - also shifts the Mughal capital to Fatehpur Sikri where a new township and citadel containing buildings of a unique all-India character






21. Establishment of the Kushan empire by Kujula Kadphises.






22. Bukka - the Vijayanagara ruler and his son Kumara Kamapna capture the entire Tamil speaking parts.






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






24. Hoysala Empire






25. 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.






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






27. 'Victory of Prithviraj Chauhan'.First battle of Tarain between Mohammed Ghori and Prithviraj III. Ghauri is defeated by Prithivi Raj Chauhan III.






28. Jallianwala Bagh massacre - Montagu






29. Mahmud Ghazni defeats Tarnochalpal and annexes Punjab






30. Persian rule in the northwest ends after Darius III is defeated by Alexander the Great - who establishes the Macedonian Empire after inheriting the Persian Achaemenid Empire.






31. Thondaiman Kingdom






32. Late medieval age






33. Beginning of Vikram Era






34. First Muslim mosque inIndia constructed in kerala by malik dheenar






35. Morley-Minto Reforms






36. Travancore Kingdom






37. Indira Gandhi's Congress Party loses general elections. Janata Party comes to power.Communist party ofIndia comes into power in West Bengal.






38. Royal Indian Navy Mutiny - (March) Cabinet Mission






39. Dayananda Saraswati is born (to 1883)






40. Lucknow Pact






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






42. Bronze age






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






44. Northern Black Polished Ware






45. Beginning of Vikram Era






46. Kingdom of Kotte






47. Battle of Talikota results in the rout of Vijayanagara empire.






48. Death of Islam Shah.






49. Reddy Kingdom






50. Ching-Thang Khomba moves Manipur's capital to Kangla