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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. DanishIndia (to 1869)






2. Stone age






3. Established first three University of Mumbai - University of Madras and University of Calcutta inIndia






4. Thondaiman Kingdom






5. Subhas Chandra Bose calls Mahatma Gandhi as the Father of the Nation.






6. Zamorin Kingdom






7. Chief Justice of the Maratha Empire - Ram Shastri passes death sentence against the ruling Peshwa Raghunathrao for murdering his nephew.






8. Died Tatya Tope






9. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge.






10. Paramara Kingdom






11. Gakhars kills Muhammad Ghori during a raid on his camp on the Jhelum River






12. 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.






13. Guru Har Krishan becomes eight guru of Sikhs.






14. Guru Tegh Bahadur becomes ninth Guru of Sikhs.






15. First Anglo-Sikh Wars (to 1849)






16. Colonial period






17. Ahom Kingdom






18. British Expedition to Tibet






19. Zafar Khan - governor of Gujarat - declares himself as Sultan Muzaffar Shah founding the Gujarat Sultanate/Muzaffarid dynasty






20. Kingdom of Yapahuwa






21. Kamarupa Kingdom






22. Poona Pact - (4 August) Communal Award - (November






23. Iron age






24. Vellore Mutiny






25. Shivaji's ill-equipped and small Maratha army defeat mighty Adilshahi troops at the Battle of Pratapgarh in a major upset inIndian history. Shivaji personally kills Adilshahi commander Afzal Khan (general).






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






27. Portuguese land on the Coromandel Coast






28. Eastern Chalukya Kingdom






29. Mahavira - 24th Tirthankar of Jainism is born (traditional date).






30. Ghadar conspiracy - Provisional Government of India formed in Kabul. Gandhiji Return toIndia.






31. Sikh Empire






32. Janata Party Splits. Chaudhary Charan Singh becomes Prime Minister.






33. Akbar dies - and is succeeded by his son Jehangir.






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






35. Shah Jahan completes Taj Mahal - Jama Masjid[disambiguation needed] - and RedFort. Imperial treasuries drained by architectural and military overexpenditures. Shah Jahan dies - and is succeeded by his son Aurangzeb.






36. Early modern period






37. Western Satrap Empire






38. At least 50 people are killed in two simultaneous bomb blasts in Bombay.






39. Forces led by Shivaji defeat Aurangzeb's troops - and establishes Maratha Empire.






40. Republic Day (India)






41. Madurai Kingdom






42. Kingdom of Gampola






43. Kingdom of Ruhuna






44. Western Satrap Empire






45. Kuninda Kingdom






46. Delhi DurbarFirst time






47. Vijayanagara Empire






48. Dutch Ceylon






49. Shahi Empire






50. Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh state kill more than 50 policemen in a dawn attack.