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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Vasco de Gama's first voyage from Europe toIndia and back (to 1499)






2. Zamorin Kingdom






3. Kushan Empire






4. Kingdom of Kurunegala






5. Died Tatya Tope






6. Early modern period






7. Siddharta Gautama 'Buddha' of the Shakya polity in S. Nepal - founds Buddhism (older date - 563






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






9. Proposed death date of Gautama Buddha.






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. Panini - a resident of Gandhara - describes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit.






12. Shah Jahan completes Taj Mahal - Jama Masjid[disambiguation needed] - and RedFort. Imperial treasuries drained by architectural and military overexpenditures. Shah Jahan dies - and is succeeded by his son Aurangzeb.






13. Kingdom of Upatissa Nuwara






14. Middle and Late Vedic period (to 500 BC)






15. Death of Ahilyabai Holkar






16. Lodi Sultanate






17. Western Ganga Kingdom






18. Portuguese Ceylon






19. Kingdom of Kandy






20. Northern Black Polished Ware






21. Gajapati Kingdom






22. Ahom Kingdom






23. Second Anglo-Maratha War ends






24. Indira Gandhi declares state of emergency after being found guilty of electoral malpractice. Nearly 1000 political opponents imprisoned and programme of compulsory birth control introduced. (to 1977)






25. Shivaji dies of fever at Raigad.






26. Nehru's daughterIndira Gandhi becomes prime minister.






27. 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.






28. 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






29. FrenchIndia






30. Dutch Ceylon






31. Maukhari Empire






32. Partition of Bengal






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






34. Durrani Empire






35. Kingdom of Dambadeniya






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






37. Death of Yashwantrao Holkar






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






39. Mature Harappan Culture






40. Khizr Khan - deputized by Timur to be the governor of Multan takes over Delhi founding the Sayyid dynasty






41. Gautam Buddha - founder of Buddhism is born.






42. Akbar dies - and is succeeded by his son Jehangir.






43. Marava Kingdom






44. All India Forward Bloc Established by Subhas Chandra Bose






45. Jallianwala Bagh massacre - Montagu






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






47. Santhal rebellion






48. Kingdom of Kandy






49. Khilji Sultanate






50. Alberuni arrivies inIndia; death of Mahmud of Ghazni