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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Madurai Kingdom






2. Maitraka Empire






3. Swat culture






4. EastIndia company is formed in England. Gets exclusive trading rights withIndia.






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






6. Deccan Sultanates






7. Rigveda (to 1000 BC)






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






9. 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






10. Narayanrao Peshwa is murdered by his uncle Raghunathrao's wife in front of Raghunathrao. Regulating Act of 1773 - Warren Hastings appointed as first Governor-General ofIndia






11. First Anglo-Afghan War






12. Alberuni arrivies inIndia; death of Mahmud of Ghazni






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






14. Invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni






15. British Raj (to 1947)






16. Mauryan Empire is founded by Chandragupta Maurya in Magadha after he defeats the Nanda dynasty and Macedonian Seleucid Empire. Mauryan capital city is Patliputra (Modern Patna in Bihar)






17. British rule in Burma (to 1947)






18. Khilji Sultanate






19. Jallianwala Bagh massacre - Montagu






20. Kingdom of Raigama






21. Santhal rebellion






22. Panini - a resident of Gandhara - describes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit.






23. 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 (






24. Guru Amar Das becomes third Guru of Sikhs.






25. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War begins.






26. Chitradurga Kingdom






27. Muslim separatist groups begin campaign of violence in Kashmir.






28. Ambhi king of Taxila surrenders to Alexander. Porus who ruled parts of the Punjab - fought Alexander at the Battle of the Hydaspes River.






29. Nripatunga Amoghavarsha I becomes Rashtrakuta emperor. Kannada literature flourishes.






30. Birth of Shivaji Maharaj.






31. B. R. Ambedkar is born (to 1956)






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






33. EastIndia Company signs treaty of Amritsar with Maharaja Ranjit Singh






34. Timur plunders Lahore






35. 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.






36. Kingdom of Sitawaka






37. Forces led by Shivaji defeat Aurangzeb's troops - and establishes Maratha Empire.






38. Western Chalukya Empire






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






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






41. Vishnukundina Empire






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






43. Second Anglo-Maratha War begins






44. Keladi Kingdom






45. Late Harappan Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins - including Cemetery H culture and other cultures.






46. Akbar the Great annexes Gujarat - also shifts the Mughal capital to Fatehpur Sikri where a new township and citadel containing buildings of a unique all-India character






47. BJP forms coalition government under Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee. India carries out nuclear tests - leading to widespread international condemnation.






48. Morley-Minto Reforms






49. Indo-Parthian Kingdom






50. 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.