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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Second war with Pakistan over Kashmir.






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






3. Kingdom of Sitawaka






4. Rigveda (to 1000 BC)






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






6. Kadamba Empire






7. Third Anglo-Mysore War begins.






8. Kingdom of Dambadeniya






9. 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)






10. Mahavira passes away.






11. Kingdoms of Sri Lanka






12. Mughal army arrested for the act.






13. 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.






14. PortugueseIndia (to 1961)






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






16. Maha Janapadas






17. Ochre Coloured Pottery culture






18. Simon Commission






19. Western Satrap Empire






20. Eastern Ganga Empire






21. Guru Tegh Bahadur becomes ninth Guru of Sikhs.






22. Lahore Resolution - August offer 1940






23. British Expedition to Tibet






24. Swami Vivekanand is born (to 1902)






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






26. Classical period






27. Western Chalukya Empire






28. 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






29. Black and Red ware culture






30. Nripatunga Amoghavarsha I becomes Rashtrakuta emperor. Kannada literature flourishes.






31. Gajapati Kingdom






32. Maharaja Ranjit Singh establishes Khalsa rule of Punjab from Lahore. Khalsa army liberates Kashmiri Pundits and invades Afghanistan through Khyber Pass.






33. Establishment of theIndo-Parthian kingdom.






34. First Anglo-Sikh Wars (to 1849)






35. Establishment of Rashtrakuta Kingdom of Manyakhet by Danti Durga by defeating Chalukyas of Badami






36. Troops storm Golden Temple - Sikhs' most holy shrine - to flush out Sikh militants pressing for self-rule. Indira Gandhi assassinated by Sikh bodyguards - following which her son - Rajiv - takes over.






37. Iron age






38. Guru Nanak - the founder of Sikhism is born






39. (February) Vajpayee makes historic bus trip to Pakistan to meet Premier Nawaz Sharif and to sign bilateral Lahore peace declaration. (May) Tension in Kashmir leads to brief war with Pakistan-backed forces in the icy heights around Kargil inIndian-hel






40. Third Anglo-Maratha War ends with the defeat of Bajirao II and the end of the Maratha Empire leaving the EastIndia Company with control of almost the whole ofIndia






41. 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.






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






43. FrenchIndia






44. Third Anglo-Maratha War ends with the defeat of Bajirao II and the end of the Maratha Empire leaving the EastIndia Company with control of almost the whole ofIndia






45. Indo-Parthian Kingdom






46. Poona Pact - (4 August) Communal Award - (November






47. British rule in Burma (to 1947)






48. 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.






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






50. India deploys troops for peacekeeping operation in Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict.







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