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Timeline Of Indian History
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1. DanishIndia (to 1869)
1696
1999
420
320
2. Stone age
7000
1486
1574
1336
3. Established first three University of Mumbai - University of Madras and University of Calcutta inIndia
1857
1932 - 24 September
1605
1300
4. Thondaiman Kingdom
1505
1526
1650
1398
5. Subhas Chandra Bose calls Mahatma Gandhi as the Father of the Nation.
200 AD
450
1911
1944
6. Zamorin Kingdom
475
1030
1992
1102
7. Chief Justice of the Maratha Empire - Ram Shastri passes death sentence against the ruling Peshwa Raghunathrao for murdering his nephew.
1774
1699
185
from 2000 BC
8. Died Tatya Tope
1656
November 2008
1989
1859 - 18 April
9. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge.
184 BC
1917
600 BC
1414
10. Paramara Kingdom
1903
800
1853 - 16 April
942
11. Gakhars kills Muhammad Ghori during a raid on his camp on the Jhelum River
543
1505
300 BC
1206
12. 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.
637
1858
1777
1796
13. Guru Har Krishan becomes eight guru of Sikhs.
1661
1948 - 30 January
1700
788
14. Guru Tegh Bahadur becomes ninth Guru of Sikhs.
2003 August
1665
1818
424
15. First Anglo-Sikh Wars (to 1849)
1358
1845
280
240
16. Colonial period
1192
1505
1930
78
17. Ahom Kingdom
1780
836
1228
1556
18. British Expedition to Tibet
1000 BC
35
1102
1903
19. Zafar Khan - governor of Gujarat - declares himself as Sultan Muzaffar Shah founding the Gujarat Sultanate/Muzaffarid dynasty
3000
1407
250s
261 BC
20. Kingdom of Yapahuwa
1228
1272
350
1796
21. Kamarupa Kingdom
March 2007
1058
753
350
22. Poona Pact - (4 August) Communal Award - (November
1565
1414
1916
1932 - 24 September
23. Iron age
180 BC
1863
300 BC
1200
24. Vellore Mutiny
1996
1806
1865 - 28 January
January 2001
25. Shivaji's ill-equipped and small Maratha army defeat mighty Adilshahi troops at the Battle of Pratapgarh in a major upset inIndian history. Shivaji personally kills Adilshahi commander Afzal Khan (general).
230 BC
1800
1659
1749
26. Muslim separatist groups begin campaign of violence in Kashmir.
1605
1336
1990
1759
27. Portuguese land on the Coromandel Coast
1200s
1522
326 BC
377 BC
28. Eastern Chalukya Kingdom
1979
624
November 2008
1707
29. Mahavira - 24th Tirthankar of Jainism is born (traditional date).
1759
1341
599 BC
1574
30. Ghadar conspiracy - Provisional Government of India formed in Kabul. Gandhiji Return toIndia.
1539
1915
1510
1336
31. Sikh Empire
1771
1799
1424
1699
32. Janata Party Splits. Chaudhary Charan Singh becomes Prime Minister.
1801
1343
7000
1979
33. Akbar dies - and is succeeded by his son Jehangir.
335
1605
1944
1508
34. More than 1000 people are killed in floods and landslides caused by monsoon rains in Mumbai (Bombay) and Maharashtra region.
2005 July
1527
1795
1897 - 23 January
35. Shah Jahan completes Taj Mahal - Jama Masjid[disambiguation needed] - and RedFort. Imperial treasuries drained by architectural and military overexpenditures. Shah Jahan dies - and is succeeded by his son Aurangzeb.
1885 - 28 December
1658
1965
1336
36. Early modern period
1526
273 BC
2600
1817
37. Western Satrap Empire
2000
35
1885 - 28 December
3400 BCE
38. At least 50 people are killed in two simultaneous bomb blasts in Bombay.
3400 BCE
1401
280
2003 August
39. Forces led by Shivaji defeat Aurangzeb's troops - and establishes Maratha Empire.
1977
1708
1699
1674
40. Republic Day (India)
1858
1040
1950 - 26 January
230
41. Madurai Kingdom
1559
538 BC
420
1696
42. Kingdom of Gampola
1341
1867
1605
563 BC
43. Kingdom of Ruhuna
1869
1815
200 AD
1940
44. Western Satrap Empire
35
1700
1325
1943
45. Kuninda Kingdom
200s BC
1486
543 BC
1939
46. Delhi DurbarFirst time
1877 - January
1200s
1789
3300
47. Vijayanagara Empire
1526
260 BC
1789
1336
48. Dutch Ceylon
1600
1
273 BC
1656
49. Shahi Empire
500s
1434
753
1826
50. Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh state kill more than 50 policemen in a dawn attack.
March 2007
1979
1931 - March
1499