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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. 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






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






3. Deva Raya II succeeded his father Veera Vijaya Bukka Raya as monarch of the Vijayanagara Empire






4. Eastern Ganga Empire






5. Yadava Empire






6. Vijayanagara Empire






7. Early Vedic period (to 1000 BC)






8. US President Bill Clinton makes a groundbreaking visit to improve ties. (May) India marks the birth of its billionth citizen.






9. Western Satrap Empire






10. Mughal army arrested for the act.






11. Company Raj






12. 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.






13. 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 (






14. Akbar annexes Kashmir.






15. Guru Har Rai becomes seventh guru of Sikhs - Shivaji takes oath ofIndependence at Raireshwar.






16. Mahatma Gandhi is born (to 1948)






17. British Expedition to Tibet






18. Shivaji dies of fever at Raigad.






19. Nehru's daughterIndira Gandhi becomes prime minister.






20. Abdur Razzaq visitsIndia






21. Vakataka Empire






22. Established first three University of Mumbai - University of Madras and University of Calcutta inIndia






23. Invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni






24. Lohara Kingdom






25. Late Harappan Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins - including Cemetery H culture and other cultures.






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






27. Mahmud Ghazni defeats Tarnochalpal and annexes Punjab






28. Siddharta Gautama 'Buddha' of the Shakya polity in S. Nepal - founds Buddhism (older date - 563






29. Invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni






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






31. Hindustan Socialist Republican Association formed.






32. US President Bill Clinton makes a groundbreaking visit to improve ties. (May) India marks the birth of its billionth citizen.






33. Nearly 200 people are killed and hundreds injured in a series of co-ordinated attacks by gunmen on the main tourist and business area ofIndia's financial capital Mumbai.India blames militants from Pakistan for the attacks and demands that Islamabad t






34. British Expedition to Tibet






35. Maukhari Empire






36. Polonnaruwa Kingdom






37. 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






38. Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh state kill more than 50 policemen in a dawn attack.






39. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge.






40. Rai Kingdom






41. Rigveda (to 1000 BC)






42. Anglo






43. First Anglo-Afghan War






44. FrenchIndia (to 1954)






45. Battle of Talikota results in the rout of Vijayanagara empire.






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






47. Kuninda Kingdom established. Tholkappiyam describes the grammar and morphology of Tamil; it is the oldest existing Tamil grammar (dates vary between 200 BCE and 100 CE). (to 100 BC)






48. Non-cooperation movementKhilafat Movement






49. B. R. Ambedkar is born (to 1956)






50. Mahavira passes away.