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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Bardoli Satyagraha






2. Lodi Sultanate






3. Early Vedic period (to 1000 BC)






4. Iron age






5. Third war with Pakistan over creation of Bangladesh - formerly East Pakistan. Twenty-year treaty of friendship signed with Soviet Union.






6. Congress suffers worst ever electoral defeat as Hindu nationalist BJP emerges as largest single party.






7. Ram Mohan Roy Born (to 1833)






8. Cancelation of Partition of Bengal - Delhi Durbar Third Time






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






10. Hoysala Empire






11. Invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni






12. Ulugh Khan defeats Prataparudra ending the Kakatiya dynasty






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






14. Yadava Empire






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






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






17. Guru Ram Das becomes fourth Guru of Sikhs. Akbar annexes Bengal.






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






19. Santhal rebellion






20. Koch Kingdom






21. First Muslim mosque inIndia constructed in kerala by malik dheenar






22. 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.






23. Paramara Kingdom






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






25. Ashoka dies and is succeeded by Kunala.






26. 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)






27. Non-cooperation movementKhilafat Movement






28. Guru Nanak - the founder of Sikhism is born






29. Shivaji dies of fever at Raigad.






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






31. Pandya Empire






32. The Marathas are routed in the Third Battle of Panipat on 14 January 1761 - by the Afghans led by Ahmad Shah Durrani - an ethnic Pashtun - also known as Ahmad Shah Abdali. The battle is considered one of the largest battles fought in the 18th century






33. Battle of Buxar






34. Sri-Gupta starts the Gupta Empire in Magadha - with its capital in Patliputra






35. A high-powered rocket is launched - addingIndia to the club of countries able to fire big satellites deep into space.






36. Dayananda Saraswati is born (to 1883)






37. Indus Valley Civilization






38. Third Anglo-Mysore War begins.






39. Establishment of theIndo-Scythian kingdom.






40. Chera Kingdom






41. Kingdom of Upatissa Nuwara






42. Kingdom of Tambapanni






43. Marathas comprehensively defeat the Nizam - Maratha Empire reaches its zenith.






44. Suicide squad attacks parliament in New Delhi - killing several police. The five gunmen die in the assault. India imposes sanctions against Pakistan - to force it to take action against two Kashmir militant groups blamed for the suicide attack on par






45. Vakataka Empire






46. Chitradurga Kingdom






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






48. Mallikarjuna Raya succeeds his father Deva Raya II






49. Swami Vivekanand is born (to 1902)






50. Eastern Ganga Empire