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Timeline Of Indian History
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1. Mauryan Empire is founded by Chandragupta Maurya in Magadha after he defeats the Nanda dynasty and Macedonian Seleucid Empire. Mauryan capital city is Patliputra (Modern Patna in Bihar)
1293
1398
60
321 BC
2. Beginning of Vikram Era
1801
1102
57 BC
1856
3. Establishment of Rashtrakuta Kingdom of Manyakhet by Danti Durga by defeating Chalukyas of Badami
753
21
1990
1909
4. British Expedition to Tibet
1700
1903
1336
1661
5. Lala Lajpat Rai is born (to 1928)
1865 - 28 January
1764
1003-1320 AD
1078
6. Lahore Resolution - August offer 1940
1940
350 BC
1729
1102
7. Maratha sardar Mahadji Shinde routs the EastIndia Company army at the Battle of Wadgaon War ends with the restoration of status quo as per Treaty of Salbai.
1775
10
1779
1729
8. DanishIndia
1911
600 BC
1915
1620
9. British rule in Burma (to 1947)
753
1102
1000 BC
1826
10. Chitradurga Kingdom
1300
1927 - November
1424
1965
11. Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh state kill more than 50 policemen in a dawn attack.
March 2007
240
273 BC
185
12. Gupta Empire
305 BC
280
1764
1620
13. FrenchIndia (to 1954)
1490
1759
1661
1490
14. Kuninda Kingdom
606
1796
200s BC
1674
15. Rigveda (to 1000 BC)
1680
1200 BC
1424
489
16. Massive earthquakes hit the western state of Gujarat - leaving at least 30000 dead.
January 2001
335
1900 BC
1919
17. Death of Nana Fadnavis
1858
1565
1771
1800
18. Western Satraps formed.
1914
326 BC
1940
35
19. Established first three University of Mumbai - University of Madras and University of Calcutta inIndia
1912
1857
1206
1451
20. 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 (
1975
1974
1526
1875
21. Reddy Kingdom
1325
321
1490
350 BC
22. Sunga Empire
250
1412
185
1272
23. Samudragupta ascends the Gupta throne and expands the empire.
563 BC
1157
335
1040
24. DutchIndia
1509
1605
1974
200 BC
25. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War begins.
1977
1798
1499
3000
26. First Muslim - Md. Bin Qasim defeats Raja Dahir
1515
1605
712
250s BC
27. Pallava Empire
250 BC
1729
1030
1992
28. Hindustan Socialist Republican Association formed.
1924
1806
1574
1903
29. Ashoka conquers and unifies most of South Asia - along with Afghanistan and eastern Iran.
1824 - 12 February
1775
1771
266 BC
30. Marathas re-captures Delhi and parts of NorthIndia.
424
1943
1000 BC
1771
31. Nripatunga Amoghavarsha I becomes Rashtrakuta emperor. Kannada literature flourishes.
814
712
230
1469
32. Mallikarjuna Raya succeeds his father Deva Raya II
1446
700
1078
1200s
33. Ochre Coloured Pottery culture
1889 - 3 December
from 2000 BC
1070
21
34. Delhi conspiracy case
1800
1912
1795
700
35. Mughal army arrested for the act.
1946 - February
606
1293
1705
36. Gakhars kills Muhammad Ghori during a raid on his camp on the Jhelum River
1674
300 BC
1857 - 10 May
1206
37. Quit India Movement - (Late March) Cripps' mission - (August) Indian National Army Established by Subhas Chandra Bose
1942
1083
1490
1351
38. Tughlaq Sultanate
700
1320
1962
230 BC
39. Western Chalukya Empire
333 BC
1855 - 30 June
973
1485
40. Second war with Pakistan over Kashmir.
1483
1765
1965
300
41. Gurjara Pratihara Empire
1206
543
650
1200
42. Mahavira - 24th Tirthankar of Jainism is born (traditional date).
1503
1765
230 BC
599 BC
43. Bronze age
3000
1885 - 28 December
1656
1358
44. Indo-Scythian Kingdom
1200s
1505
200 BC
1605
45. Western Ganga Kingdom
1407
543 BC
350
261 BC
46. Battle of Chausa fought between Humayun and Sher Shah Suri in which Humayun defeated. Guru Angad Dev becomes second guru of sikhs.
1771
800
1539
326 BC
47. Ashfaqulla Khan is born (to 1927)
July 2001
1900 - 22 October
266 BC
1021
48. First Anglo-Afghan War
684
266 BC
1839
1323
49. India explodes first nuclear device in underground test.
1975
1929
1974
1526
50. Marava Kingdom
1003-1320 AD
1600
200 BC
1451