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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Mallikarjuna Raya succeeds his father Deva Raya II






2. Death of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.






3. Ala-ud-din Khalji's army under Malik Kafur occupies Devagiri ending the Seuna Yadava Kingdom






4. Princely states (to 1947)






5. Harshavardhana crowned Monarch.






6. Vishnukundina Empire






7. Maurya Empire






8. First Anglo-Sikh Wars (to 1849)






9. Lucknow Pact






10. Mahmud Ghazni defeats Tarnochalpal and annexes Punjab






11. Kingdom of Yapahuwa






12. Death of Islam Shah.






13. Babur completes his Baburnama - reflecting on society - politics - economics - history - geography - nature - flora and fauna - which to this day is a standard textbook in 25 countries. Babur dies - and is succeeded by his son Humayun.






14. Mysore Kingdom






15. Bukka - the Vijayanagara ruler and his son Kumara Kamapna capture the entire Tamil speaking parts.






16. Gakhars kills Muhammad Ghori during a raid on his camp on the Jhelum River






17. Birth of Shivaji Maharaj.






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






19. Western Satraps formed.






20. Khilji Sultanate






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






22. Kakatiya Kingdom






23. Indo-Parthian Kingdom






24. Battle of Chandawar fought between Ghauri and Jaichand of Kannauj. Ghauri defeated Jayachandra and killed him.






25. Vakataka Empire






26. Battle of Chausa fought between Humayun and Sher Shah Suri in which Humayun defeated. Guru Angad Dev becomes second guru of sikhs.






27. Mehrgarh Culture






28. Mehrgarh Culture






29. Lodi Sultanate






30. Humayun regained the throne of Delhi from the hands of weak successors of Sher Shah.






31. Second Anglo-Mysore War begins.






32. District collectors in Bengal were made responsible for settling the revenue and collecting it.






33. Rigveda (to 1000 BC)






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






35. Died Tatya Tope






36. Indira Gandhi returns to power heading Congress party splinter group - Congress (Indira).






37. FrenchIndia (to 1954)






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






39. 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.






40. Yadava Empire






41. Battle of Chausa fought between Humayun and Sher Shah Suri in which Humayun defeated. Guru Angad Dev becomes second guru of sikhs.






42. 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






43. Durrani Empire






44. Western Satraps formed.






45. Last invasion of Mahmud Ghazni - sacked and destroyed temple of Somnath






46. 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






47. 'Victory of Mohammed Ghauri'. Second battle of Tarain fought between Ghauri and Prithivi Raj Chauhan III. Prithvi Raj Chauhan III is defeated by Mhammed Ghori.






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






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






50. Death of Nana Fadnavis