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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Swat culture






2. Vijayanagara Empire






3. Kingdom of Upatissa Nuwara






4. Lucknow Pact






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






6. Harsha Empire






7. Establishment of the Kushan empire by Kujula Kadphises.






8. Kingdom of Kurunegala






9. Kingdoms of Sri Lanka






10. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins. The civilization used an early form of theIndus signs - the so-calledIndus script.






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






12. Kingdom of Gampola






13. Kingdom of Yapahuwa






14. Delhi conspiracy case






15. Thondaiman Kingdom






16. Kingdom of Dambadeniya






17. Vijayanagara Empire established by Harihara I and his brother Bukka Raya I






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






19. Kakori conspiracy






20. Janata Party Splits. Chaudhary Charan Singh becomes Prime Minister.






21. Ashoka the Great regarded as the greatest ancientIndian emperor - grandson of Chandragupta Maurya - ascends as emperor of the Mauryan Empire.






22. Maurya Empire






23. Cyrus the Great - founder of the Persian Achaemenid Empire conquers northwestern parts of theIndian subcontinent.






24. Kingdom of Raigama






25. Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind - the Provisional Government of FreeIndia formed by Netaji.






26. Indo-Sassanid Kingdom






27. Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind - the Provisional Government of FreeIndia formed by Netaji.






28. Vellore Mutiny






29. Tughlaq Sultanate






30. Lahore Resolution - August offer 1940






31. Inter-religious bloodshed breaks out after 59 Hindu pilgrims returning from Ayodhya are killed in a train fire in Godhra - Gujarat. More than 1000 people - mainly Muslims - die in subsequent riots. (Police and officials blamed the fire on a Muslim mo






32. 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






33. Battle of Plassey - Company rule inIndia (to 1857)






34. Mahavira - 24th Tirthankar of Jainism is born (traditional date).






35. Gautam Buddha - founder of Buddhism is born.






36. Tughlaq Sultanate






37. Gupta Empire






38. 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






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






40. Maratha sardar Mahadji Shinde routs the EastIndia Company army at the Battle of Wadgaon War ends with the restoration of status quo as per Treaty of Salbai.






41. Royal Indian Navy Mutiny - (March) Cabinet Mission






42. Sunga Empire






43. British Raj






44. Colonial period






45. Battle of Diu marks the beginning of the dominance of the Europeans in the Asian naval theater.






46. Timur plunders Lahore






47. Deva Kingdom






48. Chandragupta I ascends to the Gupta throne.






49. 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.






50. 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







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