Test your basic knowledge |

Timeline Of Indian History

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The Mauryan Empire - which shrunk considerably - collapsed after its emperor Brihadrata was assassinated by his general Pusyamitra Sunga who then established the Sunga dynasty.






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






3. Western Satraps formed.






4. 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.






5. Direct Action Day/Great Calcutta Killings






6. Vellore Mutiny






7. All India Forward Bloc Established by Subhas Chandra Bose






8. Chitradurga Kingdom






9. Sena Empire






10. Pala Empire






11. Second Anglo-Maratha War begins






12. Third Anglo-Mysore War ends.






13. Kingdom of Raigama






14. Northern Black Polished Ware






15. Nripatunga Amoghavarsha I becomes Rashtrakuta emperor. Kannada literature flourishes.






16. Life of Basaveshwara - philosopher and social reformer. (to 1196)






17. Guru Nanak - the founder of Sikhism is born






18. 'Arya Samaj' Established - Aligarh Muslim University






19. Marava Kingdom






20. Guru Nanak - the founder of Sikhism is born






21. Ahmadnagar declares independence - followed by Bijapur and Berar in the same year thus breaking up the Bahmani Sultanate.






22. PortugueseIndia






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






24. Death of Islam Shah.






25. Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh state kill more than 50 policemen in a dawn attack.






26. Guru Har Krishan becomes eight guru of Sikhs.






27. Establishment of Rashtrakuta Kingdom of Manyakhet by Danti Durga by defeating Chalukyas of Badami






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






29. Classical period






30. Chandragupta I ascends to the Gupta throne.






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






32. Indira Gandhi returns to power heading Congress party splinter group - Congress (Indira).






33. Marathas comprehensively defeat the Nizam - Maratha Empire reaches its zenith.






34. 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.






35. Morley-Minto Reforms






36. At least 50 people are killed in two simultaneous bomb blasts in Bombay.






37. Earliest evidence for indus valley civilization






38. 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






39. Ram Mohan Roy Born (to 1833)






40. British Expedition to Tibet






41. Bronze age






42. Marathas re-captures Delhi and parts of NorthIndia.






43. Death of Nana Fadnavis






44. 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.






45. PortugueseIndia (to 1961)






46. Garhwal Kingdom






47. Portuguese Ceylon






48. Siddharta Gautama 'Buddha' of the Shakya polity in S. Nepal - founds Buddhism (older date - 563






49. Zamorin Kingdom






50. Bardoli Satyagraha