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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Second Anglo-Maratha War ends






2. Gadar Party formed.






3. Battle of Chausa fought between Humayun and Sher Shah Suri in which Humayun defeated. Guru Angad Dev becomes second guru of sikhs.






4. India fires on Pakistani military posts in the heaviest firing along the dividing line of control in Kashmir for almost a year.(NO reference)






5. 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.






6. Indo-Greek Kingdom






7. Kingdoms of Sri Lanka






8. Indo-Scythian Kingdom






9. Colonial period






10. Kuninda Kingdom






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






12. District collectors in Bengal were made responsible for settling the revenue and collecting it.






13. Classical period






14. 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 (






15. (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






16. The Mauryan Empire - which shrunk considerably - collapsed after its emperor Brihadrata was assassinated by his general Pusyamitra Sunga who then established the Sunga dynasty.






17. Swat culture






18. Guru Tegh Bahadur becomes ninth Guru of Sikhs.






19. Pandya Empire






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






21. Earliest evidence for indus valley civilization






22. Establishment of theIndo-Scythian kingdom.






23. Third Anglo-Mysore War ends.






24. Birth of Shivaji Maharaj.






25. Vishnukundina Empire






26. Proposed death date of Gautama Buddha.






27. 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.






28. Guru Ram Das becomes fourth Guru of Sikhs. Akbar annexes Bengal.






29. Chandra Vidyasagar is born (to 1891)






30. 'Arya Samaj' Established - Aligarh Muslim University






31. Indo-Parthian Kingdom






32. Gautam Buddha - founder of Buddhism is born.






33. Early modern period






34. First Muslim - Md. Bin Qasim defeats Raja Dahir






35. Gandhi






36. Lahore Resolution - August offer 1940






37. 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






38. US lifts sanctions which it imposed againstIndia and Pakistan after they staged nuclear tests in 1998. The move is seen as a reward for their support for the US-led anti-terror campaign.






39. Gurjara Pratihara Empire






40. 'Victory of Mohammed Ghauri'. Second battle of Tarain fought between Ghauri and Prithivi Raj Chauhan III. Prithvi Raj Chauhan III is defeated by Mhammed Ghori.






41. Indian National Congress Eshtablished






42. Central Assembly Bombed by Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt. Purna Swaraj resolution.






43. Company Raj






44. Ulugh Khan defeats Prataparudra ending the Kakatiya dynasty






45. Anushilan Samiti - organized revolutionary association formed.






46. Akbar annexes Kashmir.






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






48. Kingdom of Kurunegala






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






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