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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Mughal Empire






2. Pallava Empire






3. Chalukya Empire






4. First Anglo-Maratha War






5. Champaran and Kheda Satyagraha






6. 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






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






8. Mahatma Gandhi is born (to 1948)






9. Early modern period






10. Subhas Chandra Bose is born (to 1945)






11. Death of Aurangzeb the mughal emperor.






12. 'Victory of Mohammed Ghauri'. Second battle of Tarain fought between Ghauri and Prithivi Raj Chauhan III. Prithvi Raj Chauhan III is defeated by Mhammed Ghori.






13. Ror Kingdom






14. Magadha Kingdom






15. A high-powered rocket is launched - addingIndia to the club of countries able to fire big satellites deep into space.






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






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






18. Late medieval age






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






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






21. Aurangzeb invades the Deccan






22. Satavahana Empire






23. BJP forms coalition government under Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee. India carries out nuclear tests - leading to widespread international condemnation.






24. BritishIndia (to 1947) EastIndia Company (to 1757)






25. 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






26. Governor Hasan Gangu revolts against Muhammad bin Tughluq founding the Bahmani Sultanate






27. Mallikarjuna Raya succeeds his father Deva Raya II






28. Late Harappan Culture






29. Swat culture






30. Nehru's daughterIndira Gandhi becomes prime minister.






31. Early modern period






32. Magadha Kingdom






33. Kuninda Kingdom established. Tholkappiyam describes the grammar and morphology of Tamil; it is the oldest existing Tamil grammar (dates vary between 200 BCE and 100 CE). (to 100 BC)






34. Battle of Diu marks the beginning of the dominance of the Europeans in the Asian naval theater.






35. Kingdom of Anuradhapura






36. Western Satrap Empire






37. Morley-Minto Reforms






38. 'Victory of Mohammed Ghauri'. Second battle of Tarain fought between Ghauri and Prithivi Raj Chauhan III. Prithvi Raj Chauhan III is defeated by Mhammed Ghori.






39. B. R. Ambedkar is born (to 1956)






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






41. Lahore Resolution - August offer 1940






42. Ching-Thang Khomba moves Manipur's capital to Kangla






43. Polonnaruwa Kingdom






44. Kingdom of Raigama






45. Delhi DurbarFirst time






46. Deccan Sultanates






47. Second Anglo-Maratha War begins






48. Timur plunders Lahore






49. Beginning of Vikram Era






50. Sunga Empire