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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Badami Chalukya power at its peak. Pulakesi II pushes north up to the Narmada and defeats the invading Harshavardhana of Kanauj






2. 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.






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






4. Chandragupta I ascends to the Gupta throne.






5. Birth of Shivaji Maharaj.






6. Dilawar Khan establishes the Malwa Sultanate in present-day northernIndia






7. The Marathas under Holkar and General de Boigne defeat the Rajputs of Jaipur and Mughals at the Battle of Patan - where 3000+ Rajput cavalry is killed and the entire Mughal unit vanquished. The defeat crushes Rajput hope of independence from external






8. Kalabhras Empire






9. Mughal army arrested for the act.






10. Pala Empire






11. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge.






12. Babur completes his Baburnama - reflecting on society - politics - economics - history - geography - nature - flora and fauna - which to this day is a standard textbook in 25 countries. Babur dies - and is succeeded by his son Humayun.






13. Establishment of theIndo-Scythian kingdom.






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






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






16. Vishnukundina Empire






17. Delhi conspiracy case






18. 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






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






20. Guru Har Rai becomes seventh guru of Sikhs - Shivaji takes oath ofIndependence at Raireshwar.






21. Vellore Mutiny






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






23. Death of Yashwantrao Holkar






24. All India Forward Bloc Established by Subhas Chandra Bose






25. Partition ofIndia






26. Pala Empire






27. Thondaiman Kingdom






28. Early Harappan Culture






29. Swami Vivekanand is born (to 1902)






30. Indo-Sassanid Kingdom






31. Gakhars kills Muhammad Ghori during a raid on his camp on the Jhelum River






32. Kuninda Kingdom established. Tholkappiyam describes the grammar and morphology of Tamil; it is the oldest existing Tamil grammar (dates vary between 200 BCE and 100 CE). (to 100 BC)






33. Maukhari Empire






34. Indo-Parthian Kingdom






35. Princely states (to 1947)






36. Earliest evidence for indus valley civilization






37. Ashoka dies and is succeeded by Kunala.






38. Other states






39. Kingdom of Kochi is taken over by the Portuguese creating the first European settlement inIndia.






40. British Raj






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






42. Jallianwala Bagh massacre - Montagu






43. Guru Hargobind becomes sixth guru of Sikhs.






44. Eastern Ganga Empire






45. Chalukya Empire






46. 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






47. Non-cooperation movementKhilafat Movement






48. Constantinople won By Turkey






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






50. Dutch Ceylon