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Timeline Of Indian History
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1. Swat culture
2001
1600
1565
413
2. Death of Sher Shah Suri and succeeded by Islam Shah.
1545
1003-1320 AD
1228
505
3. Mamluk Sultanate
1939
1559
1206
200s BC
4. Republic Day (India)
700
7000
1950 - 26 January
1206
5. Royal Indian Navy Mutiny - (March) Cabinet Mission
250 BC
1412
1946 - February
600 BC
6. Rigveda (to 1000 BC)
7000
1200 BC
350
1194
7. Persian rule in the northwest ends after Darius III is defeated by Alexander the Great - who establishes the Macedonian Empire after inheriting the Persian Achaemenid Empire.
300 BC
1800
527 BC
333 BC
8. Nehru's daughterIndira Gandhi becomes prime minister.
1853 - 16 April
543
1021
1966
9. Bronze age
November 2008
3000
1708
1336
10. Establishment of theIndo-Scythian kingdom.
1120
1572
80 BC
2600 BC
11. Gurjara Pratihara Empire
650
3300
1414
563 BC
12. Santhal rebellion
1341
1855 - 30 June
1900 BC
1083
13. Swat culture
1760
333 BC
1600
1510
14. Battle of Chausa fought between Humayun and Sher Shah Suri in which Humayun defeated. Guru Angad Dev becomes second guru of sikhs.
273 BC
1858
1539
1784
15. Sunga Empire
1800
1947 - July
185
1510
16. Sena Empire
1070
1990
1902
1950 - 26 January
17. Koch Kingdom
1644
450 BC
80 BC
1515
18. BritishIndia (to 1947) EastIndia Company (to 1757)
200 AD
1777
1996
1612
19. Death of Aurangzeb the mughal emperor.
712
1707
1572
1120
20. Cancelation of Partition of Bengal - Delhi Durbar Third Time
1911
1897 - 23 January
1875
65 BC
21. Mysore Kingdom
1811
550s
1399
1806
22. Northern Black Polished Ware
1343
1206
1839
700
23. Paramara Kingdom
1486
2600 BC
35
800
24. Middle and Late Vedic period (to 500 BC)
1905
1990
1555
1000 BC
25. Eastern Ganga Empire
1917
1370
1586
1078
26. Stone age
7000
1000 BC
300 BC
1526
27. The Maratha Peshwa (prime minister) usurps the Maratha kingdom - starting a new dynastic rule based in Pune.
637
1991
1749
80 BC
28. Death of Yashwantrao Holkar
1811
1659
1556
35
29. Babur bribes Mewar general Silhadi promising Silhadi a kingdom - if Silhadi betrays Mewar King Rana Sanga in Battle of Khanwa - thus leading to the annexation of Mewar.
1772
1527
1900 BC
1792
30. Mahavira passes away.
2005 July
1900 - 22 October
527 BC
November 2008
31. Durrani Empire
1747
1935 - August
1853
3300 BC
32. 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.
80 BC
1951
1293
1675
33. 'Arya Samaj' Established - Aligarh Muslim University
1951
1875
1539
1989
34. Veera Ballala III killed at the Battle of Madurai.
1761
1885 - 28 December
1500 BC
1343
35. Partition ofIndia
1500 BC
1859 - 18 April
1947 AD
1581
36. Earliest evidence for indus valley civilization
1774
1784
3400 BCE
21
37. Delhi conspiracy case
1912
1845
200 BC
1786
38. Kingdom of Ruhuna
200 AD
1194
1951
321
39. Deccan Sultanates
1490
1453
1951
1906
40. Vajpayee meets Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in the first summit between the two neighbours in more than two years. The meeting ends without a breakthrough or even a joint statement because of differences over Kashmir.
July 2001
1483
57 BC
1943
41. Portuguese land on the Coromandel Coast
1120
1522
2005 July
1919
42. Swami Vivekanand is born (to 1902)
600 BC
232 BC
1863
1600
43. India fires on Pakistani military posts in the heaviest firing along the dividing line of control in Kashmir for almost a year.(NO reference)
October 2001
1228
1102
200s BC
44. First Muslim - Md. Bin Qasim defeats Raja Dahir
1917
712
1857 - 10 May
753
45. Kingdoms of Sri Lanka
1962
543 BC
1505
413
46. Vedic period
1885 - 28 December
1600
2000
1451
47. Hindu
1975
1914
1790
1885 - 28 December
48. Gupta Empire
1341
1931 - March
280
1500 BC
49. Indian National Congress Eshtablished
1885 - 28 December
1485
2600 BC
1853
50. Gupta Empire
280
1877 - January
1083
1869