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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Keladi Kingdom






2. Death of Nana Fadnavis






3. Gupta Empire






4. Indo-Sassanid Kingdom






5. Started Post Service






6. 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






7. Lahore Resolution - August offer 1940






8. Vedic period






9. Battle of Plassey - Company rule inIndia (to 1857)






10. Durrani Empire






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






12. Kanva Empire






13. British rule in Burma (to 1947)






14. Delhi Sultanate






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






16. Kingdom of Kochi is taken over by the Portuguese creating the first European settlement inIndia.






17. Sumra Dynasty ends the Arab domination and establishes its own rule over Sindh.






18. Died Tatya Tope






19. Second Anglo-Mysore War begins.






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






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






22. 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.






23. Samudragupta ascends the Gupta throne and expands the empire.






24. Indus Valley Civilization






25. Non-cooperation movementKhilafat Movement






26. Inter-religious bloodshed breaks out after 59 Hindu pilgrims returning from Ayodhya are killed in a train fire in Godhra - Gujarat. More than 1000 people - mainly Muslims - die in subsequent riots. (Police and officials blamed the fire on a Muslim mo






27. Samma Dynasty assumes rule over Sindh






28. IndianIndependence Act 1947 by British Raj. Partition ofIndia - Freedom from British Raj. Hundreds of thousands die in widespread communal bloodshed after partition. (to 1948)






29. Guru Har Krishan becomes eight guru of Sikhs.






30. Deccan Sultanates






31. Battle of Diu marks the beginning of the dominance of the Europeans in the Asian naval theater.






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






33. DutchIndia






34. Princely states (to 1947)






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






36. Mallikarjuna Raya succeeds his father Deva Raya II






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






38. Guru Gobind Singh - the 10th Guru of Sikhs creates Khalsa - the saint-soldier at Anandpur Sahib - Punjab.






39. Guru Ram Das becomes fourth Guru of Sikhs. Akbar annexes Bengal.






40. Governor Hasan Gangu revolts against Muhammad bin Tughluq founding the Bahmani Sultanate






41. Kingdom of Raigama






42. Madurai Kingdom






43. Early modern period






44. Sikh Empire






45. Birth of Adi Shankaracharya






46. Thondaiman Kingdom






47. Colonial period






48. Battle of Plassey - Company rule inIndia (to 1857)






49. Travancore Kingdom






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







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