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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Rajiv Gandhi assassinated by suicide bomber sympathetic to Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers. Economic reform programme begun by Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao.






2. Paramara Kingdom






3. Polonnaruwa Kingdom






4. Partition of Bengal






5. Third Anglo-Mysore War begins.






6. Third Anglo-Mysore War ends.






7. Suicide squad attacks parliament in New Delhi - killing several police. The five gunmen die in the assault. India imposes sanctions against Pakistan - to force it to take action against two Kashmir militant groups blamed for the suicide attack on par






8. DutchIndia






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






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






11. Alberuni arrivies inIndia; death of Mahmud of Ghazni






12. 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.






13. Second Anglo-Maratha War ends






14. Mature Harappan Culture






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






16. Earliest evidence for indus valley civilization






17. 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






18. Kingdom of Kotte






19. Shishunaga Kingdom






20. Battle of Buxar






21. Shahi Empire






22. Second Anglo-Mysore War begins.






23. Started Post Service






24. Haryanka Kingdom






25. 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






26. Sunga Empire






27. Death of Islam Shah.






28. Gajapati Kingdom






29. 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






30. Mughal Empire






31. Battle of Plassey - Company rule inIndia (to 1857)






32. Gautamiputra Satkarni becomes Satavahana emperor and starts Shalivahana era calendar after defeating Scythian king Maues.






33. Rashtrakuta Empire






34. Ram Mohan Roy Born (to 1833)






35. Beginning of Vikram Era






36. 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






37. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins. The civilization used an early form of theIndus signs - the so-calledIndus script.






38. Maratha Empire






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






40. Shivaji dies of fever at Raigad.






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






42. Gautam Buddha - founder of Buddhism is born.






43. Delhi DurbarFirst time






44. Deccan Sultanates






45. Bronze age






46. Chandra Vidyasagar is born (to 1891)






47. Marathas re-captures Delhi and parts of NorthIndia.






48. Indus Valley Civilization






49. British Raj






50. Shah Jahan completes Taj Mahal - Jama Masjid[disambiguation needed] - and RedFort. Imperial treasuries drained by architectural and military overexpenditures. Shah Jahan dies - and is succeeded by his son Aurangzeb.