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Timeline Of Indian History
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1. Started Post Service
1799
1853
1320
1875
2. Delhi conspiracy case
1675
1912
7000
1522
3. Guru Har Krishan becomes eight guru of Sikhs.
1650
1661
January 2001
1696
4. Haryanka Kingdom
3300
1928
684
2600 BC
5. Marava Kingdom
1600
1996
1700
1401
6. Lodi Sultanate
1680
1729
1773
1451
7. 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.
333 BC
1000 BC
814
1795
8. Maitraka Empire
1078
265 BC
1586
475
9. Sikh Empire
1799
1699
1875
1857
10. 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
637
1935 - August
1779
11. Siddharta Gautama 'Buddha' of the Shakya polity in S. Nepal - founds Buddhism (older date - 563
335
1030
1527
400 BC
12. Beginning of Vikram Era
1811
1857
57 BC
1451
13. US President Bill Clinton makes a groundbreaking visit to improve ties. (May) India marks the birth of its billionth citizen.
1857
250
1984
2000
14. British Raj (to 1947)
450
230
1320
1858
15. Mahatma Gandhi is born (to 1948)
1605
1914
57 BC
1869
16. Advent of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu - founder of Gaudiya Vaishnavism and leader of the world's first civil disobedience movement - in Navadwip - West Bengal
1325
35
650
1486
17. DutchIndia
7000
1765
1605
300
18. First Muslim - Md. Bin Qasim defeats Raja Dahir
1157
712
1786
1699
19. Guru Hargobind becomes sixth guru of Sikhs.
1606
563 BC
1803
1320
20. 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
1508
1947 - July
333 BC
1989
21. Dutch Ceylon
1605
1656
380
1965
22. Bardoli Satyagraha
1572
1928
1979
1853
23. Mahmud Ghazni defeats Tarnochalpal and annexes Punjab
1021
413
1772
1200s
24. Babur bribes Mewar general Silhadi promising Silhadi a kingdom - if Silhadi betrays Mewar King Rana Sanga in Battle of Khanwa - thus leading to the annexation of Mewar.
1527
1924
1749
1510
25. All India Forward Bloc Established by Subhas Chandra Bose
1924
590
1191
1939
26. Kingdom of Anuradhapura
377 BC
1865 - 28 January
750
80 BC
27. Mahavira passes away.
973
1552
527 BC
1774
28. Rajiv Gandhi assassinated by suicide bomber sympathetic to Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers. Economic reform programme begun by Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao.
1300
320
1991
1102
29. Birth of Babur in Andijan - Fergana Valley in Central Asia
230 BC
345
1987
1483
30. Sri-Gupta starts the Gupta Empire in Magadha - with its capital in Patliputra
240
1757
1965
1823
31. Kingdom of Upatissa Nuwara
1586
1857
505
230 BC
32. Mahatma Gandhi is born (to 1948)
1451
September 2001
1869
1858
33. Ashoka dies and is succeeded by Kunala.
1443
1990
1401
232 BC
34. DanishIndia
1905
1620
1900 - 22 October
1801
35. Sikh Confederacy
1940
1707
1572
350
36. Zafar Khan - governor of Gujarat - declares himself as Sultan Muzaffar Shah founding the Gujarat Sultanate/Muzaffarid dynasty
1964
1773
1407
1759
37. US lifts sanctions which it imposed againstIndia and Pakistan after they staged nuclear tests in 1998. The move is seen as a reward for their support for the US-led anti-terror campaign.
September 2001
788
1272
326 BC
38. India loses brief border war with China. India won Diu - Daman and Goa from PortugueseIndia.
1699
3300 BC
1962
1310
39. Delhi DurbarFirst time
1773
700
265 BC
1877 - January
40. Establishment of theIndo-Parthian kingdom.
10
1272
1984
1990
41. Marathas comprehensively defeat the Nizam - Maratha Empire reaches its zenith.
1665
1070
1661
1760
42. Portuguese land on the Coromandel Coast
1522
1800
1134
1412
43. Establishment of theIndo-Greek kingdom.
200 BC
333 BC
180 BC
1539
44. Mughal army arrested for the act.
1705
21
1920
1157
45. Mahavira - 24th Tirthankar of Jainism is born (traditional date).
1401
1865 - 28 January
599 BC
200 BC
46. Third Anglo-Mysore War begins.
1815
1486
1789
1991
47. Anglo
78
1823
1000
1486
48. Kingdom of Yapahuwa
1120
1272
483 BC
1600
49. Ulugh Khan defeats Prataparudra ending the Kakatiya dynasty
1293
1078
1323
1083
50. US President Bill Clinton makes a groundbreaking visit to improve ties. (May) India marks the birth of its billionth citizen.
1707
1497
3000
2000