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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Early Harappan Culture






2. Birth of Shivaji Maharaj.






3. Lucknow Pact






4. Lala Lajpat Rai is born (to 1928)






5. Maurya Empire






6. Indo-Greek Kingdom






7. Kingdom of Kotte






8. British Ceylon






9. Second Anglo-Mysore War begins.






10. Falling public support leads to Congress defeat in general election.






11. The Mauryan Empire - which shrunk considerably - collapsed after its emperor Brihadrata was assassinated by his general Pusyamitra Sunga who then established the Sunga dynasty.






12. First Railway estalblished between Bombay and Thane






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






14. Massive earthquakes hit the western state of Gujarat - leaving at least 30000 dead.






15. Birth of Adi Shankaracharya






16. Abdur Razzaq visitsIndia






17. Invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni






18. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins. The cities of Harappa - Lothal - Kalibangan - Dholavira - Rakhigarhi and Mohenjo-daro become large metropolises and the civilization expands to over 2 -500 cities and settlements. The civi






19. Madurai Kingdom






20. Guru Granth Sahib becomes Guru of Sikhs.






21. Aurangzeb invades the Deccan






22. FrenchIndia






23. Vedic period






24. Chitradurga Kingdom






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






26. The Christian-Islamic power struggle in Europe and the Middle East. Spills over into theIndian Ocean as Battle of Chaul during the Portuguese-Mamluk War






27. Eastern Chalukya Kingdom






28. Gurjara Pratihara Empire






29. Kingdom of Raigama






30. Hindustan Socialist Republican Association formed.






31. Stone age






32. Death of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.






33. Guru Ram Das becomes fourth Guru of Sikhs. Akbar annexes Bengal.






34. Advent of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu - founder of Gaudiya Vaishnavism and leader of the world's first civil disobedience movement - in Navadwip - West Bengal






35. Delhi conspiracy case






36. First Anglo-Sikh Wars (to 1849)






37. The Kalachuris under Bijjala II capture Kalyani






38. Shivaji dies of fever at Raigad.






39. Vishnukundina Empire






40. Champaran and Kheda Satyagraha






41. Lahore Resolution - August offer 1940






42. Kingdom of Kurunegala






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






44. Rajaram Chhatrapati died






45. Zamorin Kingdom






46. Death of Nana Fadnavis






47. Rai Kingdom






48. Rajaram Chhatrapati died






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






50. Ambhi king of Taxila surrenders to Alexander. Porus who ruled parts of the Punjab - fought Alexander at the Battle of the Hydaspes River.