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Timeline Of Indian History
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1. Mehrgarh Culture
7000
1000 BC
753
1773
2. Ala-ud-din Khalji's army under Malik Kafur occupies Devagiri ending the Seuna Yadava Kingdom
424
1300
637
1310
3. Delhi Sultanate
1206
304 BC
1853
1130
4. Genghis Khan invades Punjab
1859 - 18 April
1078
1221
1823
5. Sikh Confederacy
1399
1966
1947 AD
1707
6. Salt Satyagraha - Round Table Conferences (India) First - civil disobedience movement
1221
1930
1398
October 2001
7. The Pandyan king sends ambassadors to the Greek and Roman lands.
700
1674
380
65 BC
8. Persian rule in the northwest ends after Darius III is defeated by Alexander the Great - who establishes the Macedonian Empire after inheriting the Persian Achaemenid Empire.
333 BC
1399
1574
1469
9. Indo-Greek Kingdom
180 BC
1497
1749
1925
10. Reddy Kingdom
1700
1325
543
1134
11. Kingdom of Raigama
1347
1906
2000
2005 July
12. Jugantar formed. 30 December - Muslim League formed in Dacca.
1906
483 BC
7000
1446
13. Late Harappan Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins - including Cemetery H culture and other cultures.
1900 BC
1675
1058
1200
14. Rai Kingdom
1930
1795
1490
489
15. Jallianwala Bagh massacre - Montagu
1820 -
1919
1779
1979
16. Indo-Parthian Kingdom
September 2001
1341
21
1398
17. British Raj (to 1947)
1759
1858
1078
September 2001
18. 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.
1200 BC
July 2001
1600
1486
19. Kamarupa Kingdom
1040
350
1999
1605
20. Third war with Pakistan over creation of Bangladesh - formerly East Pakistan. Twenty-year treaty of friendship signed with Soviet Union.
942
1680
1971
1483
21. Bahlul Khan Lodhi ascends the throne of the Delhi sultanate starting the Lodhi dynasty
1508
1451
1272
1777
22. Late Harappan Culture
1228
1200
March 2007
1700
23. Lala Lajpat Rai is born (to 1928)
1930
1191
1865 - 28 January
350 BC
24. Kingdom of Gampola
1341
700
230 BC
1962
25. Other states
1859 - 18 April
1987
1102
1705
26. Hindustan Socialist Republican Association formed.
1979
35
1924
1916
27. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins. The civilization used an early form of theIndus signs - the so-calledIndus script.
from 2000 BC
2600
2800 BC
1554
28. B. R. Ambedkar is born (to 1956)
1891
78
1424
1919
29. Guru Nanak - the founder of Sikhism is born
1469
1932 - 24 September
1343
1947 - July
30. Kalyani Chalukyas power at its peak. Vikramaditya VI ushers in Vikrama Chalukya era.
1526
1451
1120
1916
31. Sri-Gupta starts the Gupta Empire in Magadha - with its capital in Patliputra
1930
1707
1526
240
32. (February) Vajpayee makes historic bus trip to Pakistan to meet Premier Nawaz Sharif and to sign bilateral Lahore peace declaration. (May) Tension in Kashmir leads to brief war with Pakistan-backed forces in the icy heights around Kargil inIndian-hel
1559
1999
1980
321
33. Vakataka Empire
1451
1773
1869
250s
34. Polonnaruwa Kingdom
300
3300
1798
1206
35. Bardoli Satyagraha
1912
1928
1777
1991
36. Ching-Thang Khomba moves Manipur's capital to Kangla
1102
1796
1414
December 2001
37. India successfully test-fires a nuclear-capable ballistic missile - the Agni - off its eastern coast.
345
1749
January 2002
1552
38. Started Post Service
1853
200 AD
1913
1681
39. Falling public support leads to Congress defeat in general election.
1989
1875
538 BC
1773
40. US President Bill Clinton makes a groundbreaking visit to improve ties. (May) India marks the birth of its billionth citizen.
1665
2000
1323
1987
41. Kakatiya Kingdom
1206
712
1929
1083
42. Sayyid Sultanate
February 2002
1947 - July
335
1414
43. Alberuni arrivies inIndia; death of Mahmud of Ghazni
1058
1530
320
1030
44. Indo-Sassanid Kingdom
1483
1200
230
1909
45. First Muslim - Md. Bin Qasim defeats Raja Dahir
1771
1510
712
265 BC
46. Lodi Sultanate
1680
1998
1790
1451
47. Quit India Movement - (Late March) Cripps' mission - (August) Indian National Army Established by Subhas Chandra Bose
1310
1912
1942
1675
48. Early Vedic period (to 1000 BC)
1300
184 BC
1500 BC
1757
49. Subhas Chandra Bose is born (to 1945)
1863
1897 - 23 January
1206
December 2001
50. Guru Har Krishan becomes eight guru of Sikhs.
1661
65 BC
1510
1539