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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Indian National Congress Eshtablished






2. Third Anglo-Maratha War begins






3. Pallava Empire






4. Kalachuri Empire






5. Solanki Kingdom






6. Maratha Empire






7. Swat culture






8. Travancore Kingdom






9. Vasco de Gama's first voyage from Europe toIndia and back (to 1499)






10. Harsha Empire






11. Governor Hasan Gangu revolts against Muhammad bin Tughluq founding the Bahmani Sultanate






12. Kalabhras Empire






13. Ahmadnagar declares independence - followed by Bijapur and Berar in the same year thus breaking up the Bahmani Sultanate.






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






15. Sunga Empire






16. 'Arya Samaj' Established - Aligarh Muslim University






17. Delhi Sultanate






18. '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.






19. Mallikarjuna Raya succeeds his father Deva Raya II






20. The Marathas under Holkar and General de Boigne defeat the Rajputs of Jaipur and Mughals at the Battle of Patan - where 3000+ Rajput cavalry is killed and the entire Mughal unit vanquished. The defeat crushes Rajput hope of independence from external






21. 'Victory of Prithviraj Chauhan'.First battle of Tarain between Mohammed Ghori and Prithviraj III. Ghauri is defeated by Prithivi Raj Chauhan III.






22. Gurjara Pratihara Empire






23. Guru Tegh Bahadur becomes ninth Guru of Sikhs.






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






25. Khizr Khan - deputized by Timur to be the governor of Multan takes over Delhi founding the Sayyid dynasty






26. Early Harappan Culture






27. The Kalachuris under Bijjala II capture Kalyani






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






29. Republic Day (India)






30. Kingdom of Sitawaka






31. Portuguese Ceylon






32. Middle and Late Vedic period (to 500 BC)






33. Nehru's daughterIndira Gandhi becomes prime minister.






34. Death of Nana Fadnavis






35. Kuninda Kingdom established. Tholkappiyam describes the grammar and morphology of Tamil; it is the oldest existing Tamil grammar (dates vary between 200 BCE and 100 CE). (to 100 BC)






36. Battle of Chandawar fought between Ghauri and Jaichand of Kannauj. Ghauri defeated Jayachandra and killed him.






37. All India Forward Bloc Established by Subhas Chandra Bose






38. Kingdom of Kochi is taken over by the Portuguese creating the first European settlement inIndia.






39. Ashoka the Great regarded as the greatest ancientIndian emperor - grandson of Chandragupta Maurya - ascends as emperor of the Mauryan Empire.






40. Pandya Empire






41. DanishIndia (to 1869)






42. Kingdom of Kurunegala






43. Vijayanagara Empire






44. Kakatiya Kingdom






45. Delhi conspiracy case






46. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins. The cities of Harappa - Lothal - Kalibangan - Dholavira - Rakhigarhi and Mohenjo-daro become large metropolises and the civilization expands to over 2 -500 cities and settlements. The civi






47. Haryanka Kingdom






48. British rule in Burma (to 1947)






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






50. Kushan Empire