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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Kadamba Empire






2. Ashoka conquers and unifies most of South Asia - along with Afghanistan and eastern Iran.






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






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






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






6. Kingdom of Yapahuwa






7. Vedic period






8. Troops storm Golden Temple - Sikhs' most holy shrine - to flush out Sikh militants pressing for self-rule. Indira Gandhi assassinated by Sikh bodyguards - following which her son - Rajiv - takes over.






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






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






11. Kalyani Chalukyas power at its peak. Vikramaditya VI ushers in Vikrama Chalukya era.






12. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War begins.






13. Rajaram Chhatrapati died






14. Started Post Service






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






16. India deploys troops for peacekeeping operation in Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict.






17. Pala Empire






18. Dutch Ceylon






19. Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya drives out Praudha Raya ending the Sangama Dynasty






20. Ahom Kingdom






21. Third Anglo-Maratha War begins






22. Chandra Vidyasagar is born (to 1891)






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






24. Bardoli Satyagraha






25. Establishment of theIndo-Greek kingdom.






26. Third Anglo-Mysore War begins.






27. Chola Empire






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






29. Maurya Empire






30. Guru Amar Das becomes third Guru of Sikhs.






31. Guru Granth Sahib becomes Guru of Sikhs.






32. Swat culture






33. Hoysala Empire






34. Early modern period






35. Chandra Vidyasagar is born (to 1891)






36. More than 1000 people are killed in floods and landslides caused by monsoon rains in Mumbai (Bombay) and Maharashtra region.






37. Gupta Empire






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






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






40. Jugantar formed. 30 December - Muslim League formed in Dacca.






41. 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.






42. Paramara Kingdom






43. 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.






44. Death of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.






45. Thondaiman Kingdom






46. Sumra Dynasty ends the Arab domination and establishes its own rule over Sindh.






47. IndianIndependence Act 1947 by British Raj. Partition ofIndia - Freedom from British Raj. Hundreds of thousands die in widespread communal bloodshed after partition. (to 1948)






48. Invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni






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






50. Period IV of Mehrgarh ends