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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Constantinople won By Turkey






2. Death of Islam Shah.






3. Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya drives out Praudha Raya ending the Sangama Dynasty






4. Establishment of theIndo-Greek kingdom.






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






6. Classical period






7. Second Anglo-Maratha War begins






8. Maurya Empire






9. Samma Dynasty assumes rule over Sindh






10. Indo-Greek Kingdom






11. EastIndia company is formed in England. Gets exclusive trading rights withIndia.






12. The Mauryan Empire - which shrunk considerably - collapsed after its emperor Brihadrata was assassinated by his general Pusyamitra Sunga who then established the Sunga dynasty.






13. Koch Kingdom






14. Vajpayee's BJP party declines his offer to resign over a number of political scandals and the apparent failure of his talks with Pakistani President Musharraf.






15. The Christian-Islamic power struggle in Europe and the Middle East. Spills over into theIndian Ocean as Battle of Chaul during the Portuguese-Mamluk War






16. 'Atmiya Sabha' Established Later on known as 'Prarthana Samaj' By Raja Ram Mohan Roy






17. The Maratha Peshwa (prime minister) usurps the Maratha kingdom - starting a new dynastic rule based in Pune.






18. The Kalachuris under Bijjala II capture Kalyani






19. Indo-Scythian Kingdom






20. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War ends with the death of Tipu Sultan - the victory of the EastIndia Company - and the restoration of their ally - the Wodeyar dynasty of Mysore. Polygar War






21. 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.






22. 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)






23. Early Vedic period (to 1000 BC)






24. Suicide squad attacks parliament in New Delhi - killing several police. The five gunmen die in the assault. India imposes sanctions against Pakistan - to force it to take action against two Kashmir militant groups blamed for the suicide attack on par






25. Life of Basaveshwara - philosopher and social reformer. (to 1196)






26. Akbar dies - and is succeeded by his son Jehangir.






27. Mauryan Empire is founded by Chandragupta Maurya in Magadha after he defeats the Nanda dynasty and Macedonian Seleucid Empire. Mauryan capital city is Patliputra (Modern Patna in Bihar)






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






29. Lohara Kingdom






30. Vellore Mutiny






31. Congress suffers worst ever electoral defeat as Hindu nationalist BJP emerges as largest single party.






32. Kuninda Kingdom






33. 'Victory of Prithviraj Chauhan'.First battle of Tarain between Mohammed Ghori and Prithviraj III. Ghauri is defeated by Prithivi Raj Chauhan III.






34. 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






35. Guru Tegh Bahadur becomes ninth Guru of Sikhs.






36. Indo-Sassanid Kingdom






37. Mahatma Gandhi is born (to 1948)






38. Guru Nanak - the founder of Sikhism is born






39. Third Anglo-Maratha War begins






40. Kalachuri Empire






41. Keladi Kingdom






42. Polonnaruwa Kingdom






43. Maurya Empire






44. Maitraka Empire






45. Mature Harappan Culture






46. Shahi Empire






47. Alberuni arrivies inIndia; death of Mahmud of Ghazni






48. Pallava Empire






49. Champaran and Kheda Satyagraha






50. Mahavira - 24th Tirthankar of Jainism is born (traditional date).