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Timeline Of Indian History

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






2. Beginning of Vikram Era






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






4. Indo-Sassanid Kingdom






5. PortugueseIndia (to 1961)






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






7. Zamorin Kingdom






8. Princely states (to 1947)






9. Seleucus gives up his territories in the subcontinent (Afghanistan/Baluchistan) to Chandragupta in exchange for 500 elephants. Seleucus offers his daughter in marriage to Chandragupta to seal their friendship.






10. Direct Action Day/Great Calcutta Killings






11. Kingdoms of Sri Lanka






12. Establishment of theIndo-Greek kingdom.






13. Death of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.






14. Nripatunga Amoghavarsha I becomes Rashtrakuta emperor. Kannada literature flourishes.






15. Solanki Kingdom






16. Kingdom of Dambadeniya






17. Constantinople won By Turkey






18. 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.






19. 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






20. Akbar annexes Kashmir.






21. Establishment of Rashtrakuta Kingdom of Manyakhet by Danti Durga by defeating Chalukyas of Badami






22. Kingdom of Kurunegala






23. Rajiv Gandhi assassinated by suicide bomber sympathetic to Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers. Economic reform programme begun by Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao.






24. All India Forward Bloc Established by Subhas Chandra Bose






25. Early Vedic period (to 1000 BC)






26. Siddharta Gautama 'Buddha' of the Shakya polity in S. Nepal - founds Buddhism (older date - 563






27. Janata Party Splits. Chaudhary Charan Singh becomes Prime Minister.






28. Harshavardhana crowned Monarch.






29. British Raj (to 1947)






30. 'Atmiya Sabha' Established Later on known as 'Prarthana Samaj' By Raja Ram Mohan Roy






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






32. 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.






33. Sikh Confederacy






34. Salt Satyagraha - Round Table Conferences (India) First - civil disobedience movement






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






36. Maha Janapadas






37. Dayananda Saraswati is born (to 1883)






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






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






40. Deva Kingdom






41. Late medieval age






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






43. Kingdom of Raigama






44. Birth of Shivaji Maharaj.






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






46. Kingdom of Kochi is taken over by the Portuguese creating the first European settlement inIndia.






47. Vijayanagara Empire established by Harihara I and his brother Bukka Raya I






48. Started Post Service






49. Birth of Adi Shankaracharya






50. Mature Harappan Culture







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