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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Bardoli Satyagraha






2. Khilji Sultanate






3. Black and Red ware culture






4. Third Anglo-Mysore War begins.






5. Shivaji dies of fever at Raigad.






6. Gadar Party formed.






7. Third war with Pakistan over creation of Bangladesh - formerly East Pakistan. Twenty-year treaty of friendship signed with Soviet Union.






8. Thondaiman Kingdom






9. Gautam Buddha - founder of Buddhism is born.






10. Bukka - the Vijayanagara ruler and his son Kumara Kamapna capture the entire Tamil speaking parts.






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






12. Guru Amar Das becomes third Guru of Sikhs.






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






14. Dutch Ceylon






15. 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.






16. Maratha Empire






17. Indira Gandhi declares state of emergency after being found guilty of electoral malpractice. Nearly 1000 political opponents imprisoned and programme of compulsory birth control introduced. (to 1977)






18. Period IV of Mehrgarh ends






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






20. Mallikarjuna Raya succeeds his father Deva Raya II






21. Marathas comprehensively defeat the Nizam - Maratha Empire reaches its zenith.






22. Birth of Shivaji Maharaj.






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






24. Gajapati Kingdom






25. Harsha Empire






26. Kingdom of Gampola






27. Death of Yashwantrao Holkar






28. Durrani Empire






29. Western Satraps formed.






30. (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






31. Rajaram Chhatrapati died






32. Mughal army arrested for the act.






33. Lahore Resolution - August offer 1940






34. Indus Valley Civilization






35. Suicide squad attacks parliament in New Delhi - killing several police. The five gunmen die in the assault. India imposes sanctions against Pakistan - to force it to take action against two Kashmir militant groups blamed for the suicide attack on par






36. Marava Kingdom






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






38. Company Raj






39. Indira Gandhi returns to power heading Congress party splinter group - Congress (Indira).






40. Second Anglo-Maratha War begins






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






42. Indian National Congress Eshtablished






43. Chandragupta II - Samudragupta's son becomes the Gupta Emperor.






44. Marathas re-captures Delhi and parts of NorthIndia.






45. Sena Empire






46. Indira Gandhi's Congress Party loses general elections. Janata Party comes to power.Communist party ofIndia comes into power in West Bengal.






47. Mughal army arrested for the act.






48. Kushan Empire






49. Mughal Empire






50. Jallianwala Bagh massacre - Montagu