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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Lohara Kingdom






2. Chola Empire






3. Died Tatya Tope






4. Birth of Shivaji Maharaj.






5. Death of Yashwantrao Holkar






6. Early Vedic period (to 1000 BC)






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






8. Haryanka Kingdom






9. Kingdom of Raigama






10. Mysore Kingdom






11. Shah Jahan completes Taj Mahal - Jama Masjid[disambiguation needed] - and RedFort. Imperial treasuries drained by architectural and military overexpenditures. Shah Jahan dies - and is succeeded by his son Aurangzeb.






12. Guru Hargobind becomes sixth guru of Sikhs.






13. Painted Grey Ware culture






14. Ahom Kingdom






15. Yadava Empire






16. Ashoka dies and is succeeded by Kunala.






17. Establishment of theIndo-Parthian kingdom.






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






19. Kingdom of Tambapanni






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






21. Koch Kingdom






22. Kakatiya Kingdom






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. Vishnukundina Empire






25. Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act - 1856 - (23 July) Bal Gangadhar Tilak is born (to 1920) - (20 August) Narayana Guru is born (to 1928)






26. Establishment of theIndo-Greek kingdom.






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






28. Madurai Kingdom






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






30. Eastern Chalukya Kingdom






31. Huna Kingdom






32. Ala-ud-din Khalji's army under Malik Kafur occupies Devagiri ending the Seuna Yadava Kingdom






33. Delhi conspiracy case






34. Stone age






35. Mughal army arrested for the act.






36. Pala Empire






37. Swami Vivekanand is born (to 1902)






38. Shivaji's ill-equipped and small Maratha army defeat mighty Adilshahi troops at the Battle of Pratapgarh in a major upset inIndian history. Shivaji personally kills Adilshahi commander Afzal Khan (general).






39. Sunga Empire






40. Advent of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu - founder of Gaudiya Vaishnavism and leader of the world's first civil disobedience movement - in Navadwip - West Bengal






41. Kalabhras Empire






42. Lahore Resolution - August offer 1940






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






44. Dutch Ceylon






45. Black and Red ware culture






46. Death of Sher Shah Suri and succeeded by Islam Shah.






47. Kingdom of Gampola






48. 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






49. Hindu






50. Partition of Bengal