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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. District collectors in Bengal were made responsible for settling the revenue and collecting it.






2. Portuguese Ceylon






3. Congress Party wins first general elections under leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru. (to 1952)






4. Indo-Sassanid Kingdom






5. Swat culture






6. Timur plunders Lahore






7. Kamarupa Kingdom






8. Akbar dies - and is succeeded by his son Jehangir.






9. Durrani Empire






10. Battle of Talikota results in the rout of Vijayanagara empire.






11. Northern Black Polished Ware






12. Huna Kingdom






13. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War ends with the death of Tipu Sultan - the victory of the EastIndia Company - and the restoration of their ally - the Wodeyar dynasty of Mysore. Polygar War






14. Central Assembly Bombed by Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt. Purna Swaraj resolution.






15. Indo-Parthian Kingdom






16. Guru Har Krishan becomes eight guru of Sikhs.






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






18. Mehrgarh Culture






19. Gautam Buddha - founder of Buddhism is born.






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






21. Proposed death date of Gautama Buddha.






22. Ulugh Khan defeats Prataparudra ending the Kakatiya dynasty






23. 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.






24. EastIndia company is formed in England. Gets exclusive trading rights withIndia.






25. 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 (






26. Seleucus gives up his territories in the subcontinent (Afghanistan/Baluchistan) to Chandragupta in exchange for 500 elephants. Seleucus offers his daughter in marriage to Chandragupta to seal their friendship.






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






28. Death of Aurangzeb the mughal emperor.






29. Timur plunders Lahore






30. Indus Valley Civilization






31. Yadava Empire






32. Beginning of Vikram Era






33. Mahatma Gandhi is born (to 1948)






34. Vellore Mutiny






35. Solanki Kingdom






36. Birth of Shivaji Maharaj.






37. Chandragupta I ascends to the Gupta throne.






38. Western Ganga Kingdom






39. Mughal army arrested for the act.






40. Harsha Empire






41. Shishunaga Kingdom






42. Massive earthquakes hit the western state of Gujarat - leaving at least 30000 dead.






43. Battle of Chausa fought between Humayun and Sher Shah Suri in which Humayun defeated. Guru Angad Dev becomes second guru of sikhs.






44. 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 (






45. Guru Granth Sahib becomes Guru of Sikhs.






46. British Raj






47. Sikh Empire






48. Harshavardhana crowned Monarch.






49. Narayanrao Peshwa is murdered by his uncle Raghunathrao's wife in front of Raghunathrao. Regulating Act of 1773 - Warren Hastings appointed as first Governor-General ofIndia






50. Akbar annexes Kashmir.