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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Madurai Kingdom






2. Classical period






3. 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.






4. Ashfaqulla Khan is born (to 1927)






5. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War ends with the death of Tipu Sultan - the victory of the EastIndia Company - and the restoration of their ally - the Wodeyar dynasty of Mysore. Polygar War






6. Mysore Kingdom






7. Mamluk Sultanate






8. Sikh Empire






9. Kushan Empire






10. Ulugh Khan defeats Prataparudra ending the Kakatiya dynasty






11. Ashoka dies and is succeeded by Kunala.






12. Mauryan Empire is founded by Chandragupta Maurya in Magadha after he defeats the Nanda dynasty and Macedonian Seleucid Empire. Mauryan capital city is Patliputra (Modern Patna in Bihar)






13. Second Anglo-Mysore War ends with the Treaty of Mangalore.






14. Solanki Kingdom






15. Early modern period






16. Other states






17. Establishment of the Kushan empire by Kujula Kadphises.






18. Zafar Khan - governor of Gujarat - declares himself as Sultan Muzaffar Shah founding the Gujarat Sultanate/Muzaffarid dynasty






19. Maha-Megha-Vahana Empire






20. Khilji Sultanate






21. Proposed death date of Gautama Buddha.






22. Champaran and Kheda Satyagraha






23. Battle of Kannauj fought between Humayun and Sher Shah Suri and Humayun was completely defeated. Humayun lost the Mughal empire to Afghans (Suri Dynasty) - and passed 12 years in exile.






24. Khizr Khan - deputized by Timur to be the governor of Multan takes over Delhi founding the Sayyid dynasty






25. Maurya Empire






26. Mauryan Empire is founded by Chandragupta Maurya in Magadha after he defeats the Nanda dynasty and Macedonian Seleucid Empire. Mauryan capital city is Patliputra (Modern Patna in Bihar)






27. Huna Kingdom






28. Death of Ahilyabai Holkar






29. Earliest evidence for indus valley civilization






30. Maukhari Empire






31. Indo-Sassanid Kingdom






32. (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






33. 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.






34. Lodi Sultanate






35. Paramara Kingdom






36. 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






37. Nanda Empire






38. Alberuni arrivies inIndia; death of Mahmud of Ghazni






39. Chandragupta I ascends to the Gupta throne.






40. Sunga Empire






41. Lahore Resolution - August offer 1940






42. Late Harappan Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins - including Cemetery H culture and other cultures.






43. Kingdom of Raigama






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






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






46. Western Satraps formed.






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






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






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






50. Hindu extremists demolish mosque in Ayodhya - triggering widespread Hindu-Muslim violence.