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Timeline Of Indian History
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1. Republic Day (India)
380
1950 - 26 January
1600
350
2. Partition of Bengal
1200s
1900 - 22 October
543
1905
3. British Raj (to 1947)
1858
2000
1483
650
4. First Railway estalblished between Bombay and Thane
1853 - 16 April
July 2001
1699
1795
5. 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
1818
1343
424
1857 - 10 May
6. 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
1192
1503
1600
1818
7. Nehru's daughterIndira Gandhi becomes prime minister.
1975
1992
1708
1966
8. Maurya Empire
1780
321
500
1605
9. More than 1000 people are killed in floods and landslides caused by monsoon rains in Mumbai (Bombay) and Maharashtra region.
2005 July
1784
1919
1857
10. Sikh Empire
1799
1951
1786
321 BC
11. Third Anglo-Maratha War begins
1817
1554
788
1801
12. Sultan Ibrahim Lodi - of the Delhi Sultanate - angers local nobles - who respond by inviting Babur - the Mughal ruler of Kabul - to invade Delhi and Agra. The local population - plus the possession of artillery - assists Babur in killing the Sultan (
3400 BCE
836
1526
1900 BC
13. Ahom Kingdom
1857
700
1228
250s BC
14. Stone age
7000
1206
788
1509
15. FrenchIndia (to 1954)
973
1759
1875
1530
16. Sena Empire
1070
21
1928
1424
17. Invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni
333 BC
1000
1120
1930
18. Central Assembly Bombed by Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt. Purna Swaraj resolution.
1929
1789
1325
304 BC
19. Battle of Talikota results in the rout of Vijayanagara empire.
240
1565
1798
1552
20. Massive earthquakes hit the western state of Gujarat - leaving at least 30000 dead.
629
January 2001
1707
1341
21. Khilji Sultanate
1950 - 26 January
1290
16 August
1401
22. Battle of Chausa fought between Humayun and Sher Shah Suri in which Humayun defeated. Guru Angad Dev becomes second guru of sikhs.
2005 July
1729
1539
1900 BC
23. Established first three University of Mumbai - University of Madras and University of Calcutta inIndia
1857
420
200 BC
1530
24. BJP forms coalition government under Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee. India carries out nuclear tests - leading to widespread international condemnation.
1803
1823
1998
1200
25. Mahmud Ghazni defeats Tarnochalpal and annexes Punjab
1021
180 BC
1414
1206
26. Eastern Ganga Empire
750
1078
1905
1443
27. Kingdom of Yapahuwa
3300
450
1272
1814
28. Gurjara Pratihara Empire
2600 BC
1853
1556
650
29. Poona Pact - (4 August) Communal Award - (November
1658
1930
1290
1932 - 24 September
30. Kingdom of Raigama
1510
942
1521
1347
31. India fires on Pakistani military posts in the heaviest firing along the dividing line of control in Kashmir for almost a year.(NO reference)
January 2001
1554
1805
October 2001
32. Aurangzeb invades the Deccan
1786
266 BC
1659
1681
33. 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.
1761
265 BC
590
629
34. Kingdom of Tambapanni
1759
543
1915
78
35. Morley-Minto Reforms
2800 BC
1875
1909
1490
36. Rajiv Gandhi assassinated by suicide bomber sympathetic to Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers. Economic reform programme begun by Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao.
1943
2600 BC
527 BC
1991
37. Delhi conspiracy case
261 BC
1912
1554
326 BC
38. Mallikarjuna Raya succeeds his father Deva Raya II
1347
1559
1446
1206
39. Harsha Empire
1989
1483
590
1556
40. The Marathas are routed in the Third Battle of Panipat on 14 January 1761 - by the Afghans led by Ahmad Shah Durrani - an ethnic Pashtun - also known as Ahmad Shah Abdali. The battle is considered one of the largest battles fought in the 18th century
1790
1761
1157
1773
41. 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)
1784
1565
1630
1975
42. Birth of Babur in Andijan - Fergana Valley in Central Asia
1826
1351
505
1483
43. Guru Tegh Bahadur becomes ninth Guru of Sikhs.
1665
1903
July 2001
1885 - 28 December
44. At least 50 people are killed in two simultaneous bomb blasts in Bombay.
1919
2003 August
185
1806
45. Nanda Empire
320
712
424
1505
46. Indian Rebellion of 1857
1857 - 10 May
180 BC
1554
345
47. Chitradurga Kingdom
1200
475
1300
1707
48. Mamluk Sultanate
1446
1823
1206
1939
49. Constantinople won By Turkey
413
1811
1453
1932 - 24 September
50. Jehangir announces 'Chain of Justice' outside his palace that anyone can ring the bell and get a personal hearing with the emperor. Jehangir dies - and is succeeded by his son Shah Jahan.
March 2007
1792
1628
712