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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Swat culture






2. Death of Sher Shah Suri and succeeded by Islam Shah.






3. Mamluk Sultanate






4. Republic Day (India)






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






6. Rigveda (to 1000 BC)






7. 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.






8. Nehru's daughterIndira Gandhi becomes prime minister.






9. Bronze age






10. Establishment of theIndo-Scythian kingdom.






11. Gurjara Pratihara Empire






12. Santhal rebellion






13. Swat culture






14. Battle of Chausa fought between Humayun and Sher Shah Suri in which Humayun defeated. Guru Angad Dev becomes second guru of sikhs.






15. Sunga Empire






16. Sena Empire






17. Koch Kingdom






18. BritishIndia (to 1947) EastIndia Company (to 1757)






19. Death of Aurangzeb the mughal emperor.






20. Cancelation of Partition of Bengal - Delhi Durbar Third Time






21. Mysore Kingdom






22. Northern Black Polished Ware






23. Paramara Kingdom






24. Middle and Late Vedic period (to 500 BC)






25. Eastern Ganga Empire






26. Stone age






27. The Maratha Peshwa (prime minister) usurps the Maratha kingdom - starting a new dynastic rule based in Pune.






28. Death of Yashwantrao Holkar






29. Babur bribes Mewar general Silhadi promising Silhadi a kingdom - if Silhadi betrays Mewar King Rana Sanga in Battle of Khanwa - thus leading to the annexation of Mewar.






30. Mahavira passes away.






31. Durrani Empire






32. 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.






33. 'Arya Samaj' Established - Aligarh Muslim University






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






35. Partition ofIndia






36. Earliest evidence for indus valley civilization






37. Delhi conspiracy case






38. Kingdom of Ruhuna






39. Deccan Sultanates






40. Vajpayee meets Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in the first summit between the two neighbours in more than two years. The meeting ends without a breakthrough or even a joint statement because of differences over Kashmir.






41. Portuguese land on the Coromandel Coast






42. Swami Vivekanand is born (to 1902)






43. India fires on Pakistani military posts in the heaviest firing along the dividing line of control in Kashmir for almost a year.(NO reference)






44. First Muslim - Md. Bin Qasim defeats Raja Dahir






45. Kingdoms of Sri Lanka






46. Vedic period






47. Hindu






48. Gupta Empire






49. Indian National Congress Eshtablished






50. Gupta Empire