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Timeline Of Indian History
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1. Maitraka Empire
1500 BC
1826
1900 - 22 October
475
2. Subhas Chandra Bose calls Mahatma Gandhi as the Father of the Nation.
1545
1944
345
1889 - 3 December
3. Forces led by Shivaji defeat Aurangzeb's troops - and establishes Maratha Empire.
1658
1070
1323
1674
4. Polonnaruwa Kingdom
1939
1774
300
1863
5. Poona Pact - (4 August) Communal Award - (November
1
1859 - 18 April
1932 - 24 September
1759
6. Bahlul Khan Lodhi ascends the throne of the Delhi sultanate starting the Lodhi dynasty
1030
1820 -
1451
420
7. Death of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
1805
1790
1964
250
8. Satavahana Empire
184 BC
230
599 BC
753
9. Thanjavur Kingdom
475
1572
1336
1799
10. Death of Aurangzeb the mughal emperor.
1707
1000 BC
35
1777
11. Life of Basaveshwara - philosopher and social reformer. (to 1196)
1134
1857
333 BC
July 2001
12. Death of Yashwantrao Holkar
1990
1811
684
3300
13. Sumra Dynasty ends the Arab domination and establishes its own rule over Sindh.
1058
1900 BC
1905
1943
14. Swat culture
1924
1817
1499
1600
15. Started Post Service
1853
260 BC
1508
1078
16. Indus Valley Civilization
3000
1675
3300
1192
17. Champaran and Kheda Satyagraha
October 2001
March 2007
1293
1917
18. Humayun regained the throne of Delhi from the hands of weak successors of Sher Shah.
1555
1786
2005 July
1200
19. Ching-Thang Khomba moves Manipur's capital to Kangla
1796
1998
300
1620
20. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins. The civilization used an early form of theIndus signs - the so-calledIndus script.
753
2001
300
2800 BC
21. Humayun converts from Sunni Islam to Shia Islam - to gain the alliance of the Shah of Persia. Humayun dies - and is succeeded by his son Akbar. Hindu king Hemu establishes 'Hindu Raj' in NorthIndia and bestowed with title of 'Samrat Hem Chandra Vikra
1556
1708
1336
1966
22. 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.
350 BC
1924
March 2007
1659
23. Last invasion of Mahmud Ghazni - sacked and destroyed temple of Somnath
1024
1300
500s
January 2002
24. Nripatunga Amoghavarsha I becomes Rashtrakuta emperor. Kannada literature flourishes.
1775
1944
814
1947 AD
25. Koch Kingdom
1083
1515
1620
1414
26. Nehru's daughterIndira Gandhi becomes prime minister.
1966
1070
1336
836
27. 'Prarthana Samaj' Established Earlier known as 'Atmiya Sabha'
1867
1853 - 16 April
from 2000 BC
1980
28. More than 1000 people are killed in floods and landslides caused by monsoon rains in Mumbai (Bombay) and Maharashtra region.
2005 July
November 2008
1661
1659
29. US lifts sanctions which it imposed againstIndia and Pakistan after they staged nuclear tests in 1998. The move is seen as a reward for their support for the US-led anti-terror campaign.
1325
1272
1499
September 2001
30. Late Harappan Culture
1347
1700
1759
543
31. Champaran and Kheda Satyagraha
1917
1526
1975
1950 - 26 January
32. Suicide squad attacks parliament in New Delhi - killing several police. The five gunmen die in the assault. India imposes sanctions against Pakistan - to force it to take action against two Kashmir militant groups blamed for the suicide attack on par
1759
December 2001
333 BC
1347
33. Princely states (to 1947)
1765
250
October 2001
1929
34. British Raj
1220
1341
1858
280
35. The Maratha Peshwa (prime minister) usurps the Maratha kingdom - starting a new dynastic rule based in Pune.
1915
1749
1942
1801
36. DanishIndia (to 1869)
1696
1792
1975
1675
37. Chera Kingdom
300 BC
1856
1192
1078
38. Ashfaqulla Khan is born (to 1927)
1900 - 22 October
350
1
1777
39. Pandya Empire
1805
300 BC
1705
1206
40. FrenchIndia (to 1954)
1399
1323
1759
1980
41. Ulugh Khan defeats Prataparudra ending the Kakatiya dynasty
75
1757
1323
1000 BC
42. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge.
1806
1574
600 BC
65 BC
43. Chandragupta II - Samudragupta's son becomes the Gupta Emperor.
78
380
475
1206
44. Bronze age
1839
3000
1789
450
45. Haryanka Kingdom
78
684
599 BC
1863
46. Ashoka the Great regarded as the greatest ancientIndian emperor - grandson of Chandragupta Maurya - ascends as emperor of the Mauryan Empire.
1811
1906
1947 AD
273 BC
47. Black and Red ware culture
1675
1300
1771
700
48. 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.
1526
450 BC
July 2001
350 BC
49. Marava Kingdom
1192
1555
1600
1407
50. Government of India Act 1935
January 2002
1935 - August
1347
1708