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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Third Anglo-Maratha War ends with the defeat of Bajirao II and the end of the Maratha Empire leaving the EastIndia Company with control of almost the whole ofIndia






2. 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.






3. Khizr Khan - deputized by Timur to be the governor of Multan takes over Delhi founding the Sayyid dynasty






4. Birth of Babur in Andijan - Fergana Valley in Central Asia






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






6. Swat culture






7. Zamorin Kingdom






8. Establishment of theIndo-Greek kingdom.






9. First Anglo-Maratha War






10. Central Assembly Bombed by Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt. Purna Swaraj resolution.






11. Indira Gandhi's Congress Party loses general elections. Janata Party comes to power.Communist party ofIndia comes into power in West Bengal.






12. Samma Dynasty assumes rule over Sindh






13. Princely states (to 1947)






14. Period IV of Mehrgarh ends






15. Kingdom of Dambadeniya






16. Narayanrao Peshwa is murdered by his uncle Raghunathrao's wife in front of Raghunathrao. Regulating Act of 1773 - Warren Hastings appointed as first Governor-General ofIndia






17. Chalukya Empire






18. All India Forward Bloc Established by Subhas Chandra Bose






19. Maitraka Empire






20. Western Chalukya Empire






21. Mahatma Gandhi is born (to 1948)






22. FrenchIndia






23. Guru Amar Das becomes third Guru of Sikhs.






24. Kakatiya Kingdom






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






26. Ochre Coloured Pottery culture






27. Mahavira passes away.






28. Sayyid Sultanate






29. Birth of Adi Shankaracharya






30. Proposed death date of Gautama Buddha.






31. 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






32. Cyrus the Great - founder of the Persian Achaemenid Empire conquers northwestern parts of theIndian subcontinent.






33. Indian Rebellion of 1857






34. Company Raj






35. Guru Granth Sahib becomes Guru of Sikhs.






36. Satavahana Empire






37. A high-powered rocket is launched - addingIndia to the club of countries able to fire big satellites deep into space.






38. Bardoli Satyagraha






39. Simon Commission






40. Chandragupta Maurya defeats Seleucus Nicator of the Seleucid Empire.






41. Vishnukundina Empire






42. Badami Chalukya power at its peak. Pulakesi II pushes north up to the Narmada and defeats the invading Harshavardhana of Kanauj






43. Gupta Empire






44. Kingdom of Gampola






45. Gandhi






46. Veera Ballala III killed at the Battle of Madurai.






47. India fires on Pakistani military posts in the heaviest firing along the dividing line of control in Kashmir for almost a year.(NO reference)






48. Reddy Kingdom






49. Marava Kingdom






50. Seleucus gives up his territories in the subcontinent (Afghanistan/Baluchistan) to Chandragupta in exchange for 500 elephants. Seleucus offers his daughter in marriage to Chandragupta to seal their friendship.