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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Swat culture






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






3. 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.






4. Indian Rebellion of 1857






5. Ashoka dies and is succeeded by Kunala.






6. BJP forms coalition government under Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee. India carries out nuclear tests - leading to widespread international condemnation.






7. Stone age






8. Death of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.






9. Invasions by the Huna.






10. Gandhi






11. 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.






12. 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.






13. Indo-Scythian Kingdom






14. Bukka - the Vijayanagara ruler and his son Kumara Kamapna capture the entire Tamil speaking parts.






15. Bardoli Satyagraha






16. Sumra Dynasty ends the Arab domination and establishes its own rule over Sindh.






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






18. Humayun regained the throne of Delhi from the hands of weak successors of Sher Shah.






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






20. More than 1000 people are killed in floods and landslides caused by monsoon rains in Mumbai (Bombay) and Maharashtra region.






21. Samudragupta ascends the Gupta throne and expands the empire.






22. The Pandyan king sends ambassadors to the Greek and Roman lands.






23. IndianIndependence Act 1947 by British Raj. Partition ofIndia - Freedom from British Raj. Hundreds of thousands die in widespread communal bloodshed after partition. (to 1948)






24. Early Vedic period (to 1000 BC)






25. Indo-Sassanid Kingdom






26. 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






27. Ching-Thang Khomba moves Manipur's capital to Kangla






28. Chalukya Empire






29. Huna Kingdom






30. Indian National Congress Eshtablished






31. Swami Vivekanand is born (to 1902)






32. Forces led by Shivaji defeat Aurangzeb's troops - and establishes Maratha Empire.






33. Portuguese Ceylon






34. Mughal Empire






35. Chola Empire






36. Maratha Empire






37. Akbar annexes Kashmir.






38. Thondaiman Kingdom






39. 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.






40. Early modern period






41. Pala Empire






42. Vellore Mutiny






43. Dutch Ceylon






44. Lodi Sultanate






45. Jallianwala Bagh massacre - Montagu






46. Salt Satyagraha - Round Table Conferences (India) First - civil disobedience movement






47. First Anglo-Sikh Wars (to 1849)






48. 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






49. The Pandyan king sends ambassadors to the Greek and Roman lands.






50. Subhas Chandra Bose calls Mahatma Gandhi as the Father of the Nation.