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Timeline Of Indian History
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1. Third Anglo-Maratha War ends with the defeat of Bajirao II and the end of the Maratha Empire leaving the EastIndia Company with control of almost the whole ofIndia
1818
250
1815
1946 - February
2. Maratha sardar Mahadji Shinde routs the EastIndia Company army at the Battle of Wadgaon War ends with the restoration of status quo as per Treaty of Salbai.
788
1779
1911
1757
3. Khizr Khan - deputized by Timur to be the governor of Multan takes over Delhi founding the Sayyid dynasty
1414
1806
1920
1942
4. Birth of Babur in Andijan - Fergana Valley in Central Asia
1606
1947 - July
265 BC
1483
5. Nripatunga Amoghavarsha I becomes Rashtrakuta emperor. Kannada literature flourishes.
942
814
1909
1760
6. Swat culture
2005 July
1786
65 BC
1600
7. Zamorin Kingdom
1102
1803
230 BC
200s BC
8. Establishment of theIndo-Greek kingdom.
1351
July 2001
538 BC
180 BC
9. First Anglo-Maratha War
1424
1966
1775
185
10. Central Assembly Bombed by Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt. Purna Swaraj resolution.
1929
1572
1003-1320 AD
1931 - March
11. Indira Gandhi's Congress Party loses general elections. Janata Party comes to power.Communist party ofIndia comes into power in West Bengal.
1856
1977
1913
1500 BC
12. Samma Dynasty assumes rule over Sindh
1191
345
1351
1526
13. Princely states (to 1947)
1490
1839
1555
1765
14. Period IV of Mehrgarh ends
1877 - January
2001
3300 BC
1552
15. Kingdom of Dambadeniya
1980
1220
1905
1675
16. Narayanrao Peshwa is murdered by his uncle Raghunathrao's wife in front of Raghunathrao. Regulating Act of 1773 - Warren Hastings appointed as first Governor-General ofIndia
1774
230
1708
1773
17. Chalukya Empire
1707
16 August
543
January 2002
18. All India Forward Bloc Established by Subhas Chandra Bose
1729
1939
1759
3400 BCE
19. Maitraka Empire
475
1021
1620
1398
20. Western Chalukya Empire
1991
240
1497
973
21. Mahatma Gandhi is born (to 1948)
1443
60
1200
1869
22. FrenchIndia
1759
265 BC
1780
1962
23. Guru Amar Das becomes third Guru of Sikhs.
185
1552
2600 BC
1772
24. Kakatiya Kingdom
1469
January 2002
1083
230
25. EastIndia Company signs treaty of Amritsar with Maharaja Ranjit Singh
1875
1586
1325
1807
26. Ochre Coloured Pottery culture
1674
from 2000 BC
1527
1947 AD
27. Mahavira passes away.
527 BC
1600
1979
from 2000 BC
28. Sayyid Sultanate
1889 - 3 December
1030
1414
1789
29. Birth of Adi Shankaracharya
7000
788
1855 - 30 June
1749
30. Proposed death date of Gautama Buddha.
483 BC
1206
1962
7000
31. Akbar the Great annexes Gujarat - also shifts the Mughal capital to Fatehpur Sikri where a new township and citadel containing buildings of a unique all-India character
1815
1853
380
1572
32. Cyrus the Great - founder of the Persian Achaemenid Empire conquers northwestern parts of theIndian subcontinent.
1974
1200
538 BC
1451
33. Indian Rebellion of 1857
1857 - 10 May
1891
1414
1407
34. Company Raj
1000 BC
350 BC
320
1757
35. Guru Granth Sahib becomes Guru of Sikhs.
1500 BC
1272
1310
1708
36. Satavahana Empire
1628
1984
1200s
230
37. A high-powered rocket is launched - addingIndia to the club of countries able to fire big satellites deep into space.
2001
1341
1323
1469
38. Bardoli Satyagraha
7000
1814
1928
February 2002
39. Simon Commission
1927 - November
1950 - 26 January
543
3300
40. Chandragupta Maurya defeats Seleucus Nicator of the Seleucid Empire.
305 BC
1799
1929
1407
41. Vishnukundina Empire
1446
420
1451
1469
42. Badami Chalukya power at its peak. Pulakesi II pushes north up to the Narmada and defeats the invading Harshavardhana of Kanauj
1774
637
1696
1799
43. Gupta Empire
550s
280
2000
July 2001
44. Kingdom of Gampola
400 BC
1914
1857
1341
45. Gandhi
1931 - March
1310
350
1944
46. Veera Ballala III killed at the Battle of Madurai.
624
1343
1761
753
47. India fires on Pakistani military posts in the heaviest firing along the dividing line of control in Kashmir for almost a year.(NO reference)
1855 - 30 June
1749
1817
October 2001
48. Reddy Kingdom
January 2002
1858
1869
1325
49. Marava Kingdom
1600
1351
1900 - 22 October
1497
50. 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.
273 BC
304 BC
1853
1815