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Timeline Of Indian History

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






2. Ror Kingdom






3. Third war with Pakistan over creation of Bangladesh - formerly East Pakistan. Twenty-year treaty of friendship signed with Soviet Union.






4. Subhas Chandra Bose is born (to 1945)






5. Forces led by Shivaji defeat Aurangzeb's troops - and establishes Maratha Empire.






6. Sayyid Sultanate






7. Mature Harappan Culture






8. The Christian-Islamic power struggle in Europe and the Middle East. Spills over into theIndian Ocean as Battle of Chaul during the Portuguese-Mamluk War






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






10. Mehrgarh Culture






11. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge.






12. Pandya Empire






13. 'Arya Samaj' Established - Aligarh Muslim University






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






15. Chandra Vidyasagar is born (to 1891)






16. First Anglo-Maratha War






17. Non-cooperation movementKhilafat Movement






18. Nanda Empire






19. Death of Islam Shah.






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






21. Battle of Chandawar fought between Ghauri and Jaichand of Kannauj. Ghauri defeated Jayachandra and killed him.






22. India successfully test-fires a nuclear-capable ballistic missile - the Agni - off its eastern coast.






23. Harshavardhana crowned Monarch.






24. (February) Vajpayee makes historic bus trip to Pakistan to meet Premier Nawaz Sharif and to sign bilateral Lahore peace declaration. (May) Tension in Kashmir leads to brief war with Pakistan-backed forces in the icy heights around Kargil inIndian-hel






25. Timur plunders Lahore






26. The Mauryan Empire - which shrunk considerably - collapsed after its emperor Brihadrata was assassinated by his general Pusyamitra Sunga who then established the Sunga dynasty.






27. Massive earthquakes hit the western state of Gujarat - leaving at least 30000 dead.






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






29. Iron age






30. Guru Hargobind becomes sixth guru of Sikhs.






31. Republic Day (India)






32. British Expedition to Tibet






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






34. Late Harappan Culture






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






36. India loses brief border war with China. India won Diu - Daman and Goa from PortugueseIndia.






37. Inter-religious bloodshed breaks out after 59 Hindu pilgrims returning from Ayodhya are killed in a train fire in Godhra - Gujarat. More than 1000 people - mainly Muslims - die in subsequent riots. (Police and officials blamed the fire on a Muslim mo






38. Earliest evidence for indus valley civilization






39. Kushan Empire






40. Deva Raya II succeeded his father Veera Vijaya Bukka Raya as monarch of the Vijayanagara Empire






41. Birth of Babur in Andijan - Fergana Valley in Central Asia






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






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






44. DutchIndia






45. Marathas comprehensively defeat the Nizam - Maratha Empire reaches its zenith.






46. Guru Nanak - the founder of Sikhism is born






47. Lodi Sultanate






48. Ashfaqulla Khan is born (to 1927)






49. Early modern period






50. Lohara Kingdom