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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Madurai Kingdom






2. Ram Mohan Roy Born (to 1833)






3. India successfully test-fires a nuclear-capable ballistic missile - the Agni - off its eastern coast.






4. India explodes first nuclear device in underground test.






5. Nripatunga Amoghavarsha I becomes Rashtrakuta emperor. Kannada literature flourishes.






6. Mughal Empire






7. Morley-Minto Reforms






8. Madurai Kingdom






9. Kingdom of Sitawaka






10. Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act - 1856 - (23 July) Bal Gangadhar Tilak is born (to 1920) - (20 August) Narayana Guru is born (to 1928)






11. Lahore Resolution - August offer 1940






12. Mahavira passes away.






13. Eastern Chalukya Kingdom






14. Thanjavur Kingdom






15. Shishunaga Kingdom






16. IndianIndependence Act 1947 by British Raj. Partition ofIndia - Freedom from British Raj. Hundreds of thousands die in widespread communal bloodshed after partition. (to 1948)






17. Guru Hargobind becomes sixth guru of Sikhs.






18. First Anglo-Maratha War






19. Maha Janapadas






20. Kakori conspiracy






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






22. Second Anglo-Maratha War ends






23. Government of India Act 1935






24. Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya drives out Praudha Raya ending the Sangama Dynasty






25. Kalinga War takes place between Ashoka and the kingdom of Kalinga. After conquering Kalinga - Ashoka reportedly regrets what he had done - leading him to adopt Buddhism - which then became the quasi-official state religion of the Mauryan Empire.






26. Hindu extremists demolish mosque in Ayodhya - triggering widespread Hindu-Muslim violence.






27. 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.






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






29. Kalyani Chalukyas power at its peak. Vikramaditya VI ushers in Vikrama Chalukya era.






30. First Railway estalblished between Bombay and Thane






31. Guru Arjan Dev becomes fifth Guru of Sikhs.






32. Muslim separatist groups begin campaign of violence in Kashmir.






33. Chola Empire






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






35. Maukhari Empire






36. Marava Kingdom






37. Sultan Ibrahim Lodi - of the Delhi Sultanate - angers local nobles - who respond by inviting Babur - the Mughal ruler of Kabul - to invade Delhi and Agra. The local population - plus the possession of artillery - assists Babur in killing the Sultan (






38. Ashoka conquers and unifies most of South Asia - along with Afghanistan and eastern Iran.






39. Vajpayee's BJP party declines his offer to resign over a number of political scandals and the apparent failure of his talks with Pakistani President Musharraf.






40. Mature Harappan Culture






41. First Anglo-Maratha War begins - in which Haidar Ali of Mysore defeats the combined armies of the EastIndia Company - the Marathas and the Nizam of Hyderabad.






42. Ram Mohan Roy Born (to 1833)






43. FrenchIndia (to 1954)






44. 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






45. Timur plunders Lahore






46. Delhi Sultanate






47. Iron age






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






49. Third Anglo-Maratha War ends with the defeat of Bajirao II and the end of the Maratha Empire leaving the EastIndia Company with control of almost the whole ofIndia






50. British Raj







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