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Timeline Of Indian History
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1. The Mauryan Empire - which shrunk considerably - collapsed after its emperor Brihadrata was assassinated by his general Pusyamitra Sunga who then established the Sunga dynasty.
1947 AD
1792
184 BC
1909
2. Bukka - the Vijayanagara ruler and his son Kumara Kamapna capture the entire Tamil speaking parts.
505
543 BC
1370
1572
3. Western Satraps formed.
35
1935 - August
450 BC
1290
4. 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.
1000 BC
July 2001
1545
1078
5. Direct Action Day/Great Calcutta Killings
16 August
1398
1947 AD
1775
6. Vellore Mutiny
1078
1806
1200s
1984
7. All India Forward Bloc Established by Subhas Chandra Bose
240
1916
1939
1300
8. Chitradurga Kingdom
1913
180 BC
1300
1605
9. Sena Empire
3300 BC
1070
1665
1656
10. Pala Empire
180 BC
261 BC
750
1875
11. Second Anglo-Maratha War begins
1228
300
1803
1757
12. Third Anglo-Mysore War ends.
1790
1792
750
1293
13. Kingdom of Raigama
1600
1347
1510
1555
14. Northern Black Polished Ware
1347
700
814
1707
15. Nripatunga Amoghavarsha I becomes Rashtrakuta emperor. Kannada literature flourishes.
1855 - 30 June
1875
814
1759
16. Life of Basaveshwara - philosopher and social reformer. (to 1196)
1980
543
1134
1556
17. Guru Nanak - the founder of Sikhism is born
1913
1630
1469
2003 August
18. 'Arya Samaj' Established - Aligarh Muslim University
700
1875
240
250 BC
19. Marava Kingdom
1600
543
1347
1980
20. Guru Nanak - the founder of Sikhism is born
1930
1469
1999
1696
21. Ahmadnagar declares independence - followed by Bijapur and Berar in the same year thus breaking up the Bahmani Sultanate.
1811
1490
1915
1984
22. PortugueseIndia
300 BC
538 BC
475
1510
23. The Pandyan king sends ambassadors to the Greek and Roman lands.
1600
650
65 BC
2001
24. Death of Islam Shah.
1451
1554
1747
1856
25. Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh state kill more than 50 policemen in a dawn attack.
July 2001
1757
1823
March 2007
26. Guru Har Krishan becomes eight guru of Sikhs.
1521
1661
1900 - 22 October
400 BC
27. Establishment of Rashtrakuta Kingdom of Manyakhet by Danti Durga by defeating Chalukyas of Badami
1729
753
1774
1581
28. Battle of Diu marks the beginning of the dominance of the Europeans in the Asian naval theater.
273 BC
1600
1509
16 August
29. Classical period
1130
1
1869
1826
30. Chandragupta I ascends to the Gupta throne.
320
1991
1510
7000
31. District collectors in Bengal were made responsible for settling the revenue and collecting it.
1620
1343
475
1786
32. Indira Gandhi returns to power heading Congress party splinter group - Congress (Indira).
230
1980
1401
1540
33. Marathas comprehensively defeat the Nizam - Maratha Empire reaches its zenith.
1760
1859 - 18 April
1699
1490
34. 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.
1414
333 BC
250 BC
753
35. Morley-Minto Reforms
1620
65 BC
September 2001
1909
36. At least 50 people are killed in two simultaneous bomb blasts in Bombay.
1130
1490
684
2003 August
37. Earliest evidence for indus valley civilization
320
1996
3400 BCE
1490
38. The Christian-Islamic power struggle in Europe and the Middle East. Spills over into theIndian Ocean as Battle of Chaul during the Portuguese-Mamluk War
1508
1749
1200
1398
39. Ram Mohan Roy Born (to 1833)
2000
1885 - 28 December
1772
1823
40. British Expedition to Tibet
1903
1708
684
1796
41. Bronze age
3000
1545
1443
1903
42. Marathas re-captures Delhi and parts of NorthIndia.
1771
3000
326 BC
1320
43. Death of Nana Fadnavis
1521
1228
1800
1905
44. Jehangir announces 'Chain of Justice' outside his palace that anyone can ring the bell and get a personal hearing with the emperor. Jehangir dies - and is succeeded by his son Shah Jahan.
250s BC
1628
September 2001
1078
45. PortugueseIndia (to 1961)
684
1911
1510
1605
46. Garhwal Kingdom
1102
321 BC
1358
273 BC
47. Portuguese Ceylon
1505
1469
1708
February 2002
48. Siddharta Gautama 'Buddha' of the Shakya polity in S. Nepal - founds Buddhism (older date - 563
1867
400 BC
650
1857
49. Zamorin Kingdom
1414
1554
1859 - 18 April
1102
50. Bardoli Satyagraha
1858
377 BC
2800 BC
1928