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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Thondaiman Kingdom






2. Swami Vivekanand is born (to 1902)






3. Northern Black Polished Ware






4. British Ceylon






5. Akbar annexes Kashmir.






6. Polonnaruwa Kingdom






7. Mature Harappan Culture






8. The Kalachuris under Bijjala II capture Kalyani






9. Cyrus the Great - founder of the Persian Achaemenid Empire conquers northwestern parts of theIndian subcontinent.






10. Nehru's daughterIndira Gandhi becomes prime minister.






11. Mahmud Ghazni defeats Tarnochalpal and annexes Punjab






12. Late Harappan Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins - including Cemetery H culture and other cultures.






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






14. Bahlul Khan Lodhi ascends the throne of the Delhi sultanate starting the Lodhi dynasty






15. The Pandyan king sends ambassadors to the Greek and Roman lands.






16. Maharaja Ranjit Singh establishes Khalsa rule of Punjab from Lahore. Khalsa army liberates Kashmiri Pundits and invades Afghanistan through Khyber Pass.






17. Garhwal Kingdom






18. Mamluk Sultanate






19. Mahatma Gandhi assassinated by a right wing Hindu nationalist Nathuram Godse. War with Pakistan over disputed territory of Kashmir. Telangana and other princely states integrated inIndian union






20. Death of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.






21. Chandragupta I ascends to the Gupta throne.






22. Humayun regained the throne of Delhi from the hands of weak successors of Sher Shah.






23. Sikh Confederacy






24. Thondaiman Kingdom






25. The Marathas are routed in the Third Battle of Panipat on 14 January 1761 - by the Afghans led by Ahmad Shah Durrani - an ethnic Pashtun - also known as Ahmad Shah Abdali. The battle is considered one of the largest battles fought in the 18th century






26. Santhal rebellion






27. Cyrus the Great - founder of the Persian Achaemenid Empire conquers northwestern parts of theIndian subcontinent.






28. Death of Yashwantrao Holkar






29. Beginning of Vikram Era






30. Black and Red ware culture






31. Chandragupta Maurya defeats Seleucus Nicator of the Seleucid Empire.






32. Early Vedic period (to 1000 BC)






33. 'Victory of Prithviraj Chauhan'.First battle of Tarain between Mohammed Ghori and Prithviraj III. Ghauri is defeated by Prithivi Raj Chauhan III.






34. Early Harappan Culture






35. Inter-religious bloodshed breaks out after 59 Hindu pilgrims returning from Ayodhya are killed in a train fire in Godhra - Gujarat. More than 1000 people - mainly Muslims - die in subsequent riots. (Police and officials blamed the fire on a Muslim mo






36. Paramara Kingdom






37. 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)






38. Maurya Empire






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






40. Early Harappan Culture






41. 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)






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






43. Kingdom of Yapahuwa






44. Madurai Kingdom






45. Swat culture






46. Pandya Empire






47. Third Anglo-Mysore War begins.






48. Birth of Adi Shankaracharya






49. Jehangir announces 'Chain of Justice' outside his palace that anyone can ring the bell and get a personal hearing with the emperor. Jehangir dies - and is succeeded by his son Shah Jahan.






50. Mehrgarh Culture