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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Stone age






2. Battle of Kannauj fought between Humayun and Sher Shah Suri and Humayun was completely defeated. Humayun lost the Mughal empire to Afghans (Suri Dynasty) - and passed 12 years in exile.






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






4. Gautamiputra Satkarni becomes Satavahana emperor and starts Shalivahana era calendar after defeating Scythian king Maues.






5. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins. The civilization used an early form of theIndus signs - the so-calledIndus script.






6. Madurai Kingdom






7. Second Anglo-Maratha War ends






8. Western Chalukya Empire






9. Western Ganga Kingdom






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






11. Hindu






12. Morley-Minto Reforms






13. Simuka declares independence from Mauryan rule and establishes the Satavahana Empire.






14. 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.






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






16. Nanda Empire






17. 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






18. Thondaiman Kingdom






19. Died Tatya Tope






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






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






22. Guru Arjan Dev becomes fifth Guru of Sikhs.






23. Rajiv Gandhi assassinated by suicide bomber sympathetic to Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers. Economic reform programme begun by Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao.






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






25. Ashoka begins displaying religious tolerance - grants animal rights - builds hospitals for people and animals - treats his subjects as equals regardless of caste or creed - and promotes non-violence and republicanism. Ashoka inscribes the Edicts of A






26. DanishIndia (to 1869)






27. Portuguese land on the Coromandel Coast






28. Ram Mohan Roy Born (to 1833)






29. Second Anglo-Mysore War begins.






30. Haryanka Kingdom






31. 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.






32. Humayun regained the throne of Delhi from the hands of weak successors of Sher Shah.






33. Gadar Party formed.






34. Inter-religious bloodshed breaks out after 59 Hindu pilgrims returning from Ayodhya are killed in a train fire in Godhra - Gujarat. More than 1000 people - mainly Muslims - die in subsequent riots. (Police and officials blamed the fire on a Muslim mo






35. DanishIndia






36. Kakatiya Kingdom






37. 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)






38. Mysore Kingdom






39. BritishIndia (to 1947) EastIndia Company (to 1757)






40. Sayyid Sultanate






41. Swami Vivekanand is born (to 1902)






42. Subhas Chandra Bose is born (to 1945)






43. Maharaja Ranjit Singh establishes Khalsa rule of Punjab from Lahore. Khalsa army liberates Kashmiri Pundits and invades Afghanistan through Khyber Pass.






44. First Anglo-Maratha War






45. Lala Lajpat Rai is born (to 1928)






46. Hindu extremists demolish mosque in Ayodhya - triggering widespread Hindu-Muslim violence.






47. Kamarupa Kingdom






48. Jugantar formed. 30 December - Muslim League formed in Dacca.






49. Early Harappan Culture






50. Kalachuri Empire