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Timeline Of Indian History
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1. Partition of Bengal
1905
450
750
1620
2. Chera Kingdom
1935 - August
788
1320
300 BC
3. Sayyid Sultanate
1674
788
1628
1414
4. Humayun regained the throne of Delhi from the hands of weak successors of Sher Shah.
1451
753
1674
1555
5. EastIndia Company signs treaty of Amritsar with Maharaja Ranjit Singh
1807
1407
10
1630
6. Genghis Khan invades Punjab
230
1221
814
1974
7. 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.
1777
321
1931 - March
1658
8. EastIndia company is formed in England. Gets exclusive trading rights withIndia.
1935 - August
1424
1555
1600
9. Ashoka dies and is succeeded by Kunala.
232 BC
836
1451
1510
10. Kakori conspiracy
1867
1915
1925
1347
11. Mahmud Ghazni defeats Tarnochalpal and annexes Punjab
1021
1962
1612
1914
12. Governor Hasan Gangu revolts against Muhammad bin Tughluq founding the Bahmani Sultanate
1310
1539
1347
1343
13. BritishIndia (to 1947) EastIndia Company (to 1757)
1612
250 BC
1343
1003-1320 AD
14. Vasco de Gama's first voyage from Europe toIndia and back (to 1499)
1948 - 30 January
1497
500s
1130
15. US lifts sanctions which it imposed againstIndia and Pakistan after they staged nuclear tests in 1998. The move is seen as a reward for their support for the US-led anti-terror campaign.
1971
December 2001
250 BC
September 2001
16. Mallikarjuna Raya succeeds his father Deva Raya II
1320
1446
1815
305 BC
17. Second Anglo-Maratha War ends
1805
1928
1206
1858
18. IndianIndependence Act 1947 by British Raj. Partition ofIndia - Freedom from British Raj. Hundreds of thousands die in widespread communal bloodshed after partition. (to 1948)
1947 - July
1
230
230
19. India fires on Pakistani military posts in the heaviest firing along the dividing line of control in Kashmir for almost a year.(NO reference)
1947 - July
1070
October 2001
3300
20. Middle and Late Vedic period (to 500 BC)
78
January 2002
1000 BC
1912
21. Eastern Ganga Empire
1774
1805
1510
1078
22. Chalukya Empire
543
1574
1434
1206
23. Samudragupta ascends the Gupta throne and expands the empire.
1943
335
1628
1515
24. Mahavira - 24th Tirthankar of Jainism is born (traditional date).
1839
527 BC
1030
599 BC
25. 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.
333 BC
1757
1906
1552
26. Chandragupta II - Samudragupta's son becomes the Gupta Emperor.
380
1134
184 BC
1358
27. Vajpayee meets Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in the first summit between the two neighbours in more than two years. The meeting ends without a breakthrough or even a joint statement because of differences over Kashmir.
1310
1194
1773
July 2001
28. Indira Gandhi's Congress Party loses general elections. Janata Party comes to power.Communist party ofIndia comes into power in West Bengal.
489
1293
1323
1977
29. B. R. Ambedkar is born (to 1956)
1891
273 BC
1681
1343
30. District collectors in Bengal were made responsible for settling the revenue and collecting it.
1600
1774
1293
1786
31. Deccan Sultanates
1817
1681
1490
1705
32. Sena Empire
1747
1070
700
2600
33. Dilawar Khan establishes the Malwa Sultanate in present-day northernIndia
1220
1453
1539
1401
34. 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
200 AD
712
424
260 BC
35. Keladi Kingdom
1925
1499
1515
1228
36. Gurjara-Pratihara (to 910)
788
836
538 BC
814
37. Maratha Empire
527 BC
1102
1290
1674
38. Khizr Khan - deputized by Timur to be the governor of Multan takes over Delhi founding the Sayyid dynasty
1505
2000
1820 -
1414
39. Ochre Coloured Pottery culture
753
from 2000 BC
1347
1120
40. First Muslim - Md. Bin Qasim defeats Raja Dahir
800
1845
712
1290
41. Subhas Chandra Bose calls Mahatma Gandhi as the Father of the Nation.
2600 BC
1540
1920
1944
42. Shahi Empire
200s BC
1424
500s
527 BC
43. Kingdom of Kochi is taken over by the Portuguese creating the first European settlement inIndia.
1200s
1875
1824 - 12 February
1503
44. Gautamiputra Satkarni becomes Satavahana emperor and starts Shalivahana era calendar after defeating Scythian king Maues.
July 2001
684
78
1486
45. Akbar dies - and is succeeded by his son Jehangir.
57 BC
1962
1605
January 2002
46. Zamorin Kingdom
1971
377 BC
1102
1975
47. Swat culture
1500 BC
1680
1600
1552
48. Eastern Chalukya Kingdom
1943
1058
184 BC
624
49. Conquest of Kalinga
261 BC
1877 - January
300
1863
50. Guru Gobind Singh - the 10th Guru of Sikhs creates Khalsa - the saint-soldier at Anandpur Sahib - Punjab.
1917
250
1680
1699