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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Early modern period






2. Humayun converts from Sunni Islam to Shia Islam - to gain the alliance of the Shah of Persia. Humayun dies - and is succeeded by his son Akbar. Hindu king Hemu establishes 'Hindu Raj' in NorthIndia and bestowed with title of 'Samrat Hem Chandra Vikra






3. First Muslim - Md. Bin Qasim defeats Raja Dahir






4. First Anglo-Maratha War begins - in which Haidar Ali of Mysore defeats the combined armies of the EastIndia Company - the Marathas and the Nizam of Hyderabad.






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






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






7. Chola Empire






8. Kakori conspiracy






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






10. 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 (






11. Jallianwala Bagh massacre - Montagu






12. 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)






13. India explodes first nuclear device in underground test.






14. Simuka declares independence from Mauryan rule and establishes the Satavahana Empire.






15. Guru Granth Sahib becomes Guru of Sikhs.






16. US President Bill Clinton makes a groundbreaking visit to improve ties. (May) India marks the birth of its billionth citizen.






17. Kanva Empire






18. Hoysala Empire






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






20. Partition of Bengal






21. Ashoka the Great regarded as the greatest ancientIndian emperor - grandson of Chandragupta Maurya - ascends as emperor of the Mauryan Empire.






22. Shahi Empire






23. Panini - a resident of Gandhara - describes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit.






24. Gupta Empire






25. Colonial period






26. Black and Red ware culture






27. Chandragupta II - Samudragupta's son becomes the Gupta Emperor.






28. 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.






29. Western Satrap Empire






30. Government of India Act 1935






31. Solanki Kingdom






32. Indira Gandhi's Congress Party loses general elections. Janata Party comes to power.Communist party ofIndia comes into power in West Bengal.






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






34. Battle of Kannauj fought between Humayun and Sher Shah Suri and Humayun was completely defeated. Humayun lost the Mughal empire to Afghans (Suri Dynasty) - and passed 12 years in exile.






35. Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya drives out Praudha Raya ending the Sangama Dynasty






36. Nearly 200 people are killed and hundreds injured in a series of co-ordinated attacks by gunmen on the main tourist and business area ofIndia's financial capital Mumbai.India blames militants from Pakistan for the attacks and demands that Islamabad t






37. FrenchIndia






38. Lohara Kingdom






39. Thondaiman Kingdom






40. Kakatiya Kingdom






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






42. Poona Pact - (4 August) Communal Award - (November






43. Troops storm Golden Temple - Sikhs' most holy shrine - to flush out Sikh militants pressing for self-rule. Indira Gandhi assassinated by Sikh bodyguards - following which her son - Rajiv - takes over.






44. Princely states (to 1947)






45. Guru Hargobind becomes sixth guru of Sikhs.






46. Late Harappan Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins - including Cemetery H culture and other cultures.






47. Cyrus the Great - founder of the Persian Achaemenid Empire conquers northwestern parts of theIndian subcontinent.






48. Second Anglo-Mysore War ends with the Treaty of Mangalore.






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






50. Timur plunders Lahore