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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Timur plunders Lahore






2. 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.






3. Western Satraps formed.






4. Indus Valley Civilization






5. Hindustan Socialist Republican Association formed.






6. (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






7. Republic Day (India)






8. The Marathas under Holkar and General de Boigne defeat the Rajputs of Jaipur and Mughals at the Battle of Patan - where 3000+ Rajput cavalry is killed and the entire Mughal unit vanquished. The defeat crushes Rajput hope of independence from external






9. Dayananda Saraswati is born (to 1883)






10. 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.






11. The Marathas under Holkar and General de Boigne defeat the Rajputs of Jaipur and Mughals at the Battle of Patan - where 3000+ Rajput cavalry is killed and the entire Mughal unit vanquished. The defeat crushes Rajput hope of independence from external






12. Abdur Razzaq visitsIndia






13. Satavahana Empire






14. Kingdom of Kurunegala






15. Portuguese Ceylon






16. Started Post Service






17. Western Chalukya Empire






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






19. Chandragupta I ascends to the Gupta throne.






20. Rashtrakuta Empire






21. British Expedition to Tibet






22. Rai Kingdom






23. Ahom Kingdom






24. Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh state kill more than 50 policemen in a dawn attack.






25. Morley-Minto Reforms






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






27. Kanva Empire






28. Vijayanagara Empire






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






30. Mahavira - 24th Tirthankar of Jainism is born (traditional date).






31. Death of Islam Shah.






32. Kuninda Kingdom






33. Death of Islam Shah.






34. Sri-Gupta starts the Gupta Empire in Magadha - with its capital in Patliputra






35. Mature Harappan Culture






36. Beginning of Vikram Era






37. 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.






38. Central Assembly Bombed by Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt. Purna Swaraj resolution.






39. Garhwal Kingdom






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






41. 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






42. Conquest of Kalinga






43. Invasions by the Huna.






44. Lala Lajpat Rai is born (to 1928)






45. British Ceylon






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






47. DanishIndia






48. Kingdom of Yapahuwa






49. Swami Vivekanand is born (to 1902)






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







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