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Timeline Of Indian History

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






2. Marathas re-captures Delhi and parts of NorthIndia.






3. Proposed death date of Gautama Buddha.






4. Third war with Pakistan over creation of Bangladesh - formerly East Pakistan. Twenty-year treaty of friendship signed with Soviet Union.






5. Period IV of Mehrgarh ends






6. Early Vedic period (to 1000 BC)






7. Chola Empire






8. More than 1000 people are killed in floods and landslides caused by monsoon rains in Mumbai (Bombay) and Maharashtra region.






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






10. Maratha Empire






11. Marathas re-captures Delhi and parts of NorthIndia.






12. Birth of Babur in Andijan - Fergana Valley in Central Asia






13. Indus Valley Civilization






14. Northern Black Polished Ware






15. Gurjara Pratihara Empire






16. Harshavardhana crowned Monarch.






17. Last invasion of Mahmud Ghazni - sacked and destroyed temple of Somnath






18. Congress Party wins first general elections under leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru. (to 1952)






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






20. Samma Dynasty assumes rule over Sindh






21. Durrani Empire






22. Indo-Sassanid Kingdom






23. Lucknow Pact






24. Sena Empire






25. Sayyid Sultanate






26. Death of Aurangzeb the mughal emperor.






27. Nehru's daughterIndira Gandhi becomes prime minister.






28. Vijayanagara Empire






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






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






31. India deploys troops for peacekeeping operation in Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict.






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






33. Vellore Mutiny






34. Early Harappan Culture






35. 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.






36. Portuguese land on the Coromandel Coast






37. Gajapati Kingdom






38. First Anglo-Maratha War






39. Swami Vivekanand is born (to 1902)






40. Pala Empire






41. Sayyid Sultanate






42. FrenchIndia (to 1954)






43. Chitradurga Kingdom






44. Vishnukundina Empire






45. Samma Dynasty assumes rule over Sindh






46. 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.






47. Subhas Chandra Bose is born (to 1945)






48. EastIndia Company signs treaty of Amritsar with Maharaja Ranjit Singh






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






50. Establishment of theIndo-Greek kingdom.