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Timeline Of Indian History
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1. Kingdom of Ruhuna
200 AD
250s BC
1665
1951
2. Yadava Empire
21
1572
850
1902
3. Marathas comprehensively defeat the Nizam - Maratha Empire reaches its zenith.
1760
700
1323
March 2007
4. Death of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
1964
1070
1320
753
5. Thanjavur Kingdom
1855 - 30 June
1964
538 BC
1572
6. Mahatma Gandhi assassinated by a right wing Hindu nationalist Nathuram Godse. War with Pakistan over disputed territory of Kashmir. Telangana and other princely states integrated inIndian union
1853 - 16 April
1875
1545
1948 - 30 January
7. Beginning of Vikram Era
57 BC
1820 -
1796
345
8. Gurjara Pratihara Empire
650
1935 - August
350
1857 - 10 May
9. Mahatma Gandhi is born (to 1948)
345
600 BC
75
1869
10. Delhi DurbarFirst time
1572
1228
1505
1877 - January
11. Death of Islam Shah.
16 August
1554
1818
1483
12. Kadamba Empire
1526
1747
624
345
13. PortugueseIndia (to 1961)
1510
1300
80 BC
1526
14. Gakhars kills Muhammad Ghori during a raid on his camp on the Jhelum River
1451
1192
1206
450
15. Kushan Empire
1858
1707
1913
60
16. Khizr Khan - deputized by Timur to be the governor of Multan takes over Delhi founding the Sayyid dynasty
1900 BC
538 BC
1414
1509
17. Vishnukundina Empire
450 BC
420
1228
543
18. Quit India Movement - (Late March) Cripps' mission - (August) Indian National Army Established by Subhas Chandra Bose
1030
1855 - 30 June
1942
1916
19. Ahom Kingdom
1290
1228
1102
68
20. BJP forms coalition government under Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee. India carries out nuclear tests - leading to widespread international condemnation.
1998
3400 BCE
240
230
21. India successfully test-fires a nuclear-capable ballistic missile - the Agni - off its eastern coast.
January 2002
1912
240
7000
22. Death of Islam Shah.
1984
1857
1554
1779
23. Life of Basaveshwara - philosopher and social reformer. (to 1196)
1134
1526
1913
300 BC
24. Durrani Empire
1644
1747
1220
180 BC
25. Period IV of Mehrgarh ends
1191
1540
3300 BC
599 BC
26. 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.
1777
800
1083
335
27. 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.
1675
3400 BCE
16 August
788
28. Western Chalukya Empire
1877 - January
973
1469
280
29. Solanki Kingdom
1469
1911
1414
942
30. Advent of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu - founder of Gaudiya Vaishnavism and leader of the world's first civil disobedience movement - in Navadwip - West Bengal
1771
1786
1486
3000
31. Badami Chalukya power at its peak. Pulakesi II pushes north up to the Narmada and defeats the invading Harshavardhana of Kanauj
1858
1932 - 24 September
1943
637
32. Ghadar conspiracy - Provisional Government of India formed in Kabul. Gandhiji Return toIndia.
1820 -
1915
1510
1989
33. 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.
July 2001
1992
1451
1078
34. Western Satraps formed.
1347
1497
1780
35
35. Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind - the Provisional Government of FreeIndia formed by Netaji.
1943
1605
1565
1775
36. 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 (
1526
606
1798
1806
37. Started Post Service
637
1600
1853
1991
38. (February) Vajpayee makes historic bus trip to Pakistan to meet Premier Nawaz Sharif and to sign bilateral Lahore peace declaration. (May) Tension in Kashmir leads to brief war with Pakistan-backed forces in the icy heights around Kargil inIndian-hel
1999
1856
65 BC
1984
39. Mamluk Sultanate
3300 BC
1300
1792
1206
40. Lodi Sultanate
35
1451
1807
1897 - 23 January
41. Indo-Scythian Kingdom
1661
200 BC
1661
2600
42. Ambhi king of Taxila surrenders to Alexander. Porus who ruled parts of the Punjab - fought Alexander at the Battle of the Hydaspes River.
1483
1486
326 BC
600 BC
43. Government of India Act 1935
1705
1935 - August
543 BC
80 BC
44. Chalukya Empire
184 BC
1799
543
1200
45. Salt Satyagraha - Round Table Conferences (India) First - civil disobedience movement
1545
1971
1930
1779
46. Humayun regained the throne of Delhi from the hands of weak successors of Sher Shah.
1555
1341
1293
1556
47. Chera Kingdom
1526
1757
300 BC
3300
48. Indo-Greek Kingdom
505
180 BC
1102
1508
49. Guru Nanak - the founder of Sikhism is born
1777
1947 AD
1469
78
50. Ashoka begins displaying religious tolerance - grants animal rights - builds hospitals for people and animals - treats his subjects as equals regardless of caste or creed - and promotes non-violence and republicanism. Ashoka inscribes the Edicts of A
527 BC
1336
260 BC
942