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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Salt Satyagraha - Round Table Conferences (India) First - civil disobedience movement






2. Maurya Empire






3. Kadamba Empire






4. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins. The civilization used an early form of theIndus signs - the so-calledIndus script.






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






6. Swami Vivekanand is born (to 1902)






7. Timur plunders Lahore






8. Marava Kingdom






9. Kalyani Chalukyas power at its peak. Vikramaditya VI ushers in Vikrama Chalukya era.






10. Gurjara-Pratihara (to 910)






11. Royal Indian Navy Mutiny - (March) Cabinet Mission






12. Battle of Plassey - Company rule inIndia (to 1857)






13. Guru Har Krishan becomes eight guru of Sikhs.






14. Other states






15. Santhal rebellion






16. British Expedition to Tibet






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






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






19. Royal Indian Navy Mutiny - (March) Cabinet Mission






20. Indo-Parthian Kingdom






21. Portuguese land on the Coromandel Coast






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






23. 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.






24. DanishIndia






25. Death of Sher Shah Suri and succeeded by Islam Shah.






26. Guru Hargobind becomes sixth guru of Sikhs.






27. Nehru's daughterIndira Gandhi becomes prime minister.






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






29. Falling public support leads to Congress defeat in general election.






30. Anglo






31. Chola Empire






32. Chief Justice of the Maratha Empire - Ram Shastri passes death sentence against the ruling Peshwa Raghunathrao for murdering his nephew.






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






34. Colonial period






35. Kanva Empire






36. 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.






37. Simuka declares independence from Mauryan rule and establishes the Satavahana Empire.






38. Eastern Chalukya Kingdom






39. Delhi DurbarFirst time






40. Quit India Movement - (Late March) Cripps' mission - (August) Indian National Army Established by Subhas Chandra Bose






41. First Railway estalblished between Bombay and Thane






42. British Ceylon






43. Forces led by Shivaji defeat Aurangzeb's troops - and establishes Maratha Empire.






44. British Expedition to Tibet






45. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins. The cities of Harappa - Lothal - Kalibangan - Dholavira - Rakhigarhi and Mohenjo-daro become large metropolises and the civilization expands to over 2 -500 cities and settlements. The civi






46. Gandhi






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






48. Ching-Thang Khomba moves Manipur's capital to Kangla






49. Deva Kingdom






50. Maratha Empire