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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. First Anglo-Sikh Wars (to 1849)






2. Sunga Empire






3. Guru Gobind Singh - the 10th Guru of Sikhs creates Khalsa - the saint-soldier at Anandpur Sahib - Punjab.






4. Pandya Empire






5. Travancore Kingdom






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






7. Ochre Coloured Pottery culture






8. Late medieval age






9. Proposed death date of Gautama Buddha.






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






11. Santhal rebellion






12. Indus Valley Civilization






13. Ram Mohan Roy Born (to 1833)






14. Ahom Kingdom






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






16. Thanjavur Kingdom






17. Non-cooperation movementKhilafat Movement






18. BJP forms coalition government under Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee. India carries out nuclear tests - leading to widespread international condemnation.






19. Gupta Empire






20. Establishment of Rashtrakuta Kingdom of Manyakhet by Danti Durga by defeating Chalukyas of Badami






21. Early modern period






22. Beginning of Vikram Era






23. Kingdom of Tambapanni






24. Kakatiya Kingdom






25. Establishment of theIndo-Parthian kingdom.






26. Santhal rebellion






27. Third Anglo-Mysore War ends.






28. Chandragupta I ascends to the Gupta throne.






29. Gautamiputra Satkarni becomes Satavahana emperor and starts Shalivahana era calendar after defeating Scythian king Maues.






30. 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






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






32. Death of Yashwantrao Holkar






33. Sumra Dynasty ends the Arab domination and establishes its own rule over Sindh.






34. Maratha sardar Mahadji Shinde routs the EastIndia Company army at the Battle of Wadgaon War ends with the restoration of status quo as per Treaty of Salbai.






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






36. Constantinople won By Turkey






37. Badami Chalukya power at its peak. Pulakesi II pushes north up to the Narmada and defeats the invading Harshavardhana of Kanauj






38. First Anglo-Afghan War






39. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War begins.






40. Vakataka Empire






41. Akbar annexes Kashmir.






42. Classical period






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






44. The Maratha Peshwa (prime minister) usurps the Maratha kingdom - starting a new dynastic rule based in Pune.






45. Battle of Buxar






46. 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.






47. Kingdoms of Sri Lanka






48. 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






49. Morley-Minto Reforms






50. Third Anglo-Maratha War begins