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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Jugantar formed. 30 December - Muslim League formed in Dacca.






2. Bardoli Satyagraha






3. 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.






4. The Mauryan Empire - which shrunk considerably - collapsed after its emperor Brihadrata was assassinated by his general Pusyamitra Sunga who then established the Sunga dynasty.






5. Mahatma Gandhi is born (to 1948)






6. Second war with Pakistan over Kashmir.






7. Constantinople won By Turkey






8. Reddy Kingdom






9. Shahi Empire






10. FrenchIndia (to 1954)






11. Timur plunders Lahore






12. Gurjara-Pratihara (to 910)






13. Gupta Empire






14. Janata Party Splits. Chaudhary Charan Singh becomes Prime Minister.






15. Pallava Empire






16. Falling public support leads to Congress defeat in general election.






17. Shivaji dies of fever at Raigad.






18. Indo-Scythian Kingdom






19. Madurai Kingdom






20. Hindu extremists demolish mosque in Ayodhya - triggering widespread Hindu-Muslim violence.






21. Mysore Kingdom






22. Kingdoms of Sri Lanka






23. Solanki Kingdom






24. Mehrgarh Culture






25. Timur plunders Lahore






26. Ashfaqulla Khan is born (to 1927)






27. First Anglo-Sikh Wars (to 1849)






28. Maha-Megha-Vahana Empire






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






30. Death of Nana Fadnavis






31. Painted Grey Ware culture






32. EastIndia Company signs treaty of Amritsar with Maharaja Ranjit Singh






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






34. Maitraka Empire






35. Harsha Empire






36. Shishunaga Kingdom






37. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins. The civilization used an early form of theIndus signs - the so-calledIndus script.






38. Mughal Empire






39. Kadamba Empire






40. Guru Amar Das becomes third Guru of Sikhs.






41. Guru Hargobind becomes sixth guru of Sikhs.






42. 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.






43. Direct Action Day/Great Calcutta Killings






44. Gajapati Kingdom






45. Second Anglo-Mysore War begins.






46. Keladi Kingdom






47. Khudiram Bose is born (to 1908)






48. Death of Ahilyabai Holkar






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






50. India explodes first nuclear device in underground test.