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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Late Harappan Culture






2. Dilawar Khan establishes the Malwa Sultanate in present-day northernIndia






3. First Anglo-Maratha War






4. Solanki Kingdom






5. Tughlaq Sultanate






6. Ram Mohan Roy Born (to 1833)






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






8. Died Tatya Tope






9. First Muslim mosque inIndia constructed in kerala by malik dheenar






10. Vishnukundina Empire






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






12. Mahatma Gandhi assassinated by a right wing Hindu nationalist Nathuram Godse. War with Pakistan over disputed territory of Kashmir. Telangana and other princely states integrated inIndian union






13. Harshavardhana crowned Monarch.






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






15. Ram Mohan Roy Born (to 1833)






16. Ahmadnagar declares independence - followed by Bijapur and Berar in the same year thus breaking up the Bahmani Sultanate.






17. Ambhi king of Taxila surrenders to Alexander. Porus who ruled parts of the Punjab - fought Alexander at the Battle of the Hydaspes River.






18. Lodi Sultanate






19. Hindustan Socialist Republican Association formed.






20. Huna Kingdom






21. Kalachuri Empire






22. Durrani Empire






23. Third Anglo-Mysore War ends.






24. Falling public support leads to Congress defeat in general election.






25. 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.






26. Dayananda Saraswati is born (to 1883)






27. Ashfaqulla Khan is born (to 1927)






28. The Kalachuris under Bijjala II capture Kalyani






29. Chola Empire






30. Mahmud Ghazni defeats Tarnochalpal and annexes Punjab






31. Rigveda (to 1000 BC)






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






33. Chera Kingdom






34. Constantinople won By Turkey






35. Kanva Empire






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






37. Gadar Party formed.






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






39. 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






40. Eastern Chalukya Kingdom






41. Ambhi king of Taxila surrenders to Alexander. Porus who ruled parts of the Punjab - fought Alexander at the Battle of the Hydaspes River.






42. Rashtrakuta Empire






43. Kingdom of Dambadeniya






44. Chandragupta II - Samudragupta's son becomes the Gupta Emperor.






45. Kingdom of Kotte






46. Death of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.






47. Indo-Sassanid Kingdom






48. Gajapati Kingdom






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






50. 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.