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Timeline Of Indian History
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1. Kuninda Kingdom
1650
1931 - March
200s BC
500
2. First Railway estalblished between Bombay and Thane
1853 - 16 April
1083
527 BC
1905
3. Kakori conspiracy
1600
1807
1540
1925
4. Kuninda Kingdom
1857
200s BC
1801
1500 BC
5. Bukka - the Vijayanagara ruler and his son Kumara Kamapna capture the entire Tamil speaking parts.
753
1398
1370
1917
6. DanishIndia (to 1869)
1696
420
483 BC
1572
7. 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)
1200
1912
200 BC
1398
8. Kushan Empire
788
750
60
1980
9. Hindu extremists demolish mosque in Ayodhya - triggering widespread Hindu-Muslim violence.
250
1191
1992
1453
10. Swami Vivekanand is born (to 1902)
753
1863
1490
3300
11. 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
624
606
1818
1401
12. Subhas Chandra Bose calls Mahatma Gandhi as the Father of the Nation.
1929
1906
July 2001
1944
13. Kingdom of Dambadeniya
1220
65 BC
January 2001
1928
14. Hoysala Empire
1040
475
March 2007
280
15. Sikh Confederacy
489
1572
1707
1206
16. Yadava Empire
850
230
1826
1965
17. Ambhi king of Taxila surrenders to Alexander. Porus who ruled parts of the Punjab - fought Alexander at the Battle of the Hydaspes River.
1522
345
326 BC
from 2000 BC
18. Birth of Shivaji Maharaj.
1630
1336
333 BC
1805
19. Morley-Minto Reforms
1928
1699
1909
1572
20. Late medieval age
1942
280
1206
250
21. Late Harappan Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins - including Cemetery H culture and other cultures.
280
1772
1773
1900 BC
22. 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
1157
1920
1818
1867
23. Second Anglo-Maratha War ends
1485
1206
1805
345
24. Polonnaruwa Kingdom
753
260 BC
300
1200
25. Ashoka conquers and unifies most of South Asia - along with Afghanistan and eastern Iran.
1500 BC
266 BC
550s
1612
26. Vajpayee's BJP party declines his offer to resign over a number of political scandals and the apparent failure of his talks with Pakistani President Musharraf.
1021
1803
July 2001
1336
27. Khilji Sultanate
1759
1581
35
1290
28. DanishIndia
1759
624
7000
1620
29. Marathas re-captures Delhi and parts of NorthIndia.
1855 - 30 June
1803
1771
1865 - 28 January
30. Earliest evidence for indus valley civilization
1522
3300
3400 BCE
1290
31. Early modern period
1905
November 2008
1708
1526
32. Hindu
1
753
1902
1914
33. Battle of Chandawar fought between Ghauri and Jaichand of Kannauj. Ghauri defeated Jayachandra and killed him.
July 2001
1194
1510
1612
34. First Muslim mosque inIndia constructed in kerala by malik dheenar
629
1300
1824 - 12 February
1944
35. Mahavira - 24th Tirthankar of Jainism is born (traditional date).
1962
1855 - 30 June
599 BC
1555
36. 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 (
1200 BC
1526
500
1942
37. Rajiv Gandhi assassinated by suicide bomber sympathetic to Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers. Economic reform programme begun by Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao.
1998
1991
250 BC
1786
38. Indo-Scythian Kingdom
973
1699
1665
200 BC
39. Shivaji dies of fever at Raigad.
500
1680
1540
1789
40. Shishunaga Kingdom
200s BC
1407
850
413
41. Kingdom of Kochi is taken over by the Portuguese creating the first European settlement inIndia.
July 2001
1490
1503
1885 - 28 December
42. 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
1343
1927 - November
1194
43. Zafar Khan - governor of Gujarat - declares himself as Sultan Muzaffar Shah founding the Gujarat Sultanate/Muzaffarid dynasty
1916
1200
1200 BC
1407
44. Indian Rebellion of 1857
1700
1998
1857 - 10 May
1799
45. Indus Valley Civilization
21
3300
1863
1915
46. 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.
1497
185
1530
September 2001
47. Vijayanagara Empire established by Harihara I and his brother Bukka Raya I
1509
1620
377 BC
1336
48. Guru Gobind Singh - the 10th Guru of Sikhs creates Khalsa - the saint-soldier at Anandpur Sahib - Punjab.
1699
1764
1674
1975
49. Chalukya Empire
200 BC
814
543
1323
50. Samma Dynasty assumes rule over Sindh
1351
January 2002
475
1814