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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Shahi Empire






2. Colonial period






3. Chitradurga Kingdom






4. Kanva Empire






5. Hindu






6. Guru Granth Sahib becomes Guru of Sikhs.






7. Ochre Coloured Pottery culture






8. Kalachuri Empire






9. Kanva Empire






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






11. Akbar annexes Kashmir.






12. Zafar Khan - governor of Gujarat - declares himself as Sultan Muzaffar Shah founding the Gujarat Sultanate/Muzaffarid dynasty






13. Established first three University of Mumbai - University of Madras and University of Calcutta inIndia






14. Shishunaga Kingdom






15. First Anglo-Sikh Wars (to 1849)






16. Rai Kingdom






17. Ashoka dies and is succeeded by Kunala.






18. Kingdom of Yapahuwa






19. Keladi Kingdom






20. DanishIndia (to 1869)






21. Kamarupa Kingdom






22. Chief Justice of the Maratha Empire - Ram Shastri passes death sentence against the ruling Peshwa Raghunathrao for murdering his nephew.






23. Kakatiya Kingdom






24. Satavahana Empire






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






26. Hoysala Empire






27. Hindustan Socialist Republican Association formed.






28. Second Anglo-Maratha War ends






29. British Ceylon






30. Earliest evidence for indus valley civilization






31. Indus Valley Civilization






32. Non-cooperation movementKhilafat Movement






33. Gajapati Kingdom






34. Portuguese Ceylon






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






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






37. Sunga Empire






38. Northern Black Polished Ware






39. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins. The cities of Harappa - Lothal - Kalibangan - Dholavira - Rakhigarhi and Mohenjo-daro become large metropolises and the civilization expands to over 2 -500 cities and settlements. The civi






40. Indo-Sassanid Kingdom






41. Maharaja Ranjit Singh establishes Khalsa rule of Punjab from Lahore. Khalsa army liberates Kashmiri Pundits and invades Afghanistan through Khyber Pass.






42. Constantinople won By Turkey






43. Akbar the Great annexes Gujarat - also shifts the Mughal capital to Fatehpur Sikri where a new township and citadel containing buildings of a unique all-India character






44. Governor Hasan Gangu revolts against Muhammad bin Tughluq founding the Bahmani Sultanate






45. Company Raj






46. Santhal rebellion






47. 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.






48. Last invasion of Mahmud Ghazni - sacked and destroyed temple of Somnath






49. 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






50. Late Harappan Culture