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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Vakataka Empire






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






3. Company Raj






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






5. Lala Lajpat Rai is born (to 1928)






6. Cyrus the Great - founder of the Persian Achaemenid Empire conquers northwestern parts of theIndian subcontinent.






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






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






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






10. Kakori conspiracy






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






12. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War begins.






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






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






15. Kingdoms of Sri Lanka






16. Khudiram Bose is born (to 1908)






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






18. Died Tatya Tope






19. Solanki Kingdom






20. Kushan Empire






21. Rajaram Chhatrapati died






22. 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.






23. Koch Kingdom






24. Indo-Scythian Kingdom






25. (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






26. Sayyid Sultanate






27. Haryanka Kingdom






28. 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






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






30. Swami Vivekanand is born (to 1902)






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






32. Maharaja Ranjit Singh establishes Khalsa rule of Punjab from Lahore. Khalsa army liberates Kashmiri Pundits and invades Afghanistan through Khyber Pass.






33. Chitradurga Kingdom






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






35. Battle of Plassey - Company rule inIndia (to 1857)






36. Chandragupta I ascends to the Gupta throne.






37. Rashtrakuta Empire






38. Mughal army arrested for the act.






39. Non-cooperation movementKhilafat Movement






40. Indo-Parthian Kingdom






41. Indus Valley Civilization






42. All India Forward Bloc Established by Subhas Chandra Bose






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






44. Pandya Empire






45. Life of Basaveshwara - philosopher and social reformer. (to 1196)






46. Chitradurga Kingdom






47. 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






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






49. Yadava Empire






50. Died Tatya Tope