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Timeline Of Indian History

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






2. Gurjara-Pratihara (to 910)






3. 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.






4. Maitraka Empire






5. Kanva Empire






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






7. Vijayanagara Empire established by Harihara I and his brother Bukka Raya I






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






9. Jallianwala Bagh massacre - Montagu






10. Middle and Late Vedic period (to 500 BC)






11. Second war with Pakistan over Kashmir.






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






13. Guru Tegh Bahadur - the ninth Guru of Sikhs is executed in Delhi by the order of Aurangzeb for his support for the Kashmiri Hindus to practice their religion.Guru Gobind Singh becomes tenth Guru of Sikhs.






14. Vedic period






15. Kushan Empire






16. Gautamiputra Satkarni becomes Satavahana emperor and starts Shalivahana era calendar after defeating Scythian king Maues.






17. Kakori conspiracy






18. Reddy Kingdom






19. Hoysala Empire






20. Portuguese land on the Coromandel Coast






21. Mature Harappan Culture






22. British Raj






23. 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






24. Morley-Minto Reforms






25. India successfully test-fires a nuclear-capable ballistic missile - the Agni - off its eastern coast.






26. Vijayanagara Empire






27. 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.






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. Beginning of Vikram Era






30. Khudiram Bose is born (to 1908)






31. Constantinople won By Turkey






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






33. Solanki Kingdom






34. Abdur Razzaq visitsIndia






35. Kalinga War takes place between Ashoka and the kingdom of Kalinga. After conquering Kalinga - Ashoka reportedly regrets what he had done - leading him to adopt Buddhism - which then became the quasi-official state religion of the Mauryan Empire.






36. 'Atmiya Sabha' Established Later on known as 'Prarthana Samaj' By Raja Ram Mohan Roy






37. 'Victory of Prithviraj Chauhan'.First battle of Tarain between Mohammed Ghori and Prithviraj III. Ghauri is defeated by Prithivi Raj Chauhan III.






38. Lahore Resolution - August offer 1940






39. DanishIndia (to 1869)






40. Congress Party wins first general elections under leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru. (to 1952)






41. Princely states (to 1947)






42. Aurangzeb invades the Deccan






43. Gautamiputra Satkarni becomes Satavahana emperor and starts Shalivahana era calendar after defeating Scythian king Maues.






44. Nehru's daughterIndira Gandhi becomes prime minister.






45. Swami Vivekanand is born (to 1902)






46. Advent of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu - founder of Gaudiya Vaishnavism and leader of the world's first civil disobedience movement - in Navadwip - West Bengal






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






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






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






50. Mahavira passes away.







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