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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Kingdoms of Sri Lanka






2. Birth of Shivaji Maharaj.






3. Lahore Resolution - August offer 1940






4. Delhi conspiracy case






5. 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.






6. Ashoka the Great regarded as the greatest ancientIndian emperor - grandson of Chandragupta Maurya - ascends as emperor of the Mauryan Empire.






7. Chandragupta Maurya defeats Seleucus Nicator of the Seleucid Empire.






8. District collectors in Bengal were made responsible for settling the revenue and collecting it.






9. Third Anglo-Maratha War begins






10. Subhas Chandra Bose calls Mahatma Gandhi as the Father of the Nation.






11. First Anglo-Maratha War






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






14. Direct Action Day/Great Calcutta Killings






15. Ashfaqulla Khan is born (to 1927)






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






17. Princely states (to 1947)






18. Sena Empire






19. Non-cooperation movementKhilafat Movement






20. Ulugh Khan defeats Prataparudra ending the Kakatiya dynasty






21. Western Ganga Kingdom






22. PortugueseIndia






23. Earliest evidence for indus valley civilization






24. The Pandyan king sends ambassadors to the Greek and Roman lands.






25. Period IV of Mehrgarh ends






26. DutchIndia






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






28. Royal Indian Navy Mutiny - (March) Cabinet Mission






29. Constantinople won By Turkey






30. DanishIndia






31. Sikh Confederacy






32. Rigveda (to 1000 BC)






33. Advent of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu - founder of Gaudiya Vaishnavism and leader of the world's first civil disobedience movement - in Navadwip - West Bengal






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






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






36. Sumra Dynasty ends the Arab domination and establishes its own rule over Sindh.






37. Kalabhras Empire






38. Gupta Empire






39. Guru Gobind Singh - the 10th Guru of Sikhs creates Khalsa - the saint-soldier at Anandpur Sahib - Punjab.






40. FrenchIndia (to 1954)






41. Gajapati Kingdom






42. Lohara Kingdom






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






44. Partition of Bengal






45. Veera Ballala III killed at the Battle of Madurai.






46. Sayyid Sultanate






47. Kakori conspiracy






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






49. Ulugh Khan defeats Prataparudra ending the Kakatiya dynasty






50. Late medieval age