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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. 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






2. British Expedition to Tibet






3. Kingdoms of Sri Lanka






4. Governor Hasan Gangu revolts against Muhammad bin Tughluq founding the Bahmani Sultanate






5. 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






6. Polonnaruwa Kingdom






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






8. Kushan Empire






9. 'Arya Samaj' Established - Aligarh Muslim University






10. First Anglo-Sikh Wars (to 1849)






11. Last invasion of Mahmud Ghazni - sacked and destroyed temple of Somnath






12. Lohara Kingdom






13. Shivaji dies of fever at Raigad.






14. Pallava Empire






15. FrenchIndia (to 1954)






16. Deva Raya II succeeded his father Veera Vijaya Bukka Raya as monarch of the Vijayanagara Empire






17. First Anglo-Afghan War






18. Maha Janapadas






19. Non-cooperation movementKhilafat Movement






20. Portuguese Ceylon






21. India loses brief border war with China. India won Diu - Daman and Goa from PortugueseIndia.






22. Mahmud Ghazni defeats Tarnochalpal and annexes Punjab






23. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War ends with the death of Tipu Sultan - the victory of the EastIndia Company - and the restoration of their ally - the Wodeyar dynasty of Mysore. Polygar War






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






25. Thanjavur Kingdom






26. FrenchIndia (to 1954)






27. Life of Basaveshwara - philosopher and social reformer. (to 1196)






28. Sikh Confederacy






29. Madurai Kingdom






30. Jallianwala Bagh massacre - Montagu






31. Ahom Kingdom






32. Anglo






33. Started Post Service






34. Madurai Kingdom






35. Samudragupta ascends the Gupta throne and expands the empire.






36. 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 (






37. Other states






38. Mature Harappan Culture






39. Maratha Empire






40. 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.






41. Marava Kingdom






42. Kamarupa Kingdom






43. Delhi conspiracy case






44. Jugantar formed. 30 December - Muslim League formed in Dacca.






45. Champaran and Kheda Satyagraha






46. Abdur Razzaq visitsIndia






47. Gadar Party formed.






48. Akbar annexes Kashmir.






49. Maurya Empire






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