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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Mahavira passes away.






2. Ahmadnagar declares independence - followed by Bijapur and Berar in the same year thus breaking up the Bahmani Sultanate.






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






4. Third Anglo-Mysore War ends.






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






6. Death of Sher Shah Suri and succeeded by Islam Shah.






7. Delhi DurbarFirst time






8. Death of Nana Fadnavis






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






10. Veera Ballala III killed at the Battle of Madurai.






11. Royal Indian Navy Mutiny - (March) Cabinet Mission






12. Alberuni arrivies inIndia; death of Mahmud of Ghazni






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






14. Hindu






15. Chief Justice of the Maratha Empire - Ram Shastri passes death sentence against the ruling Peshwa Raghunathrao for murdering his nephew.






16. Vakataka Empire






17. Paramara Kingdom






18. Rajaram Chhatrapati died






19. Ror Kingdom






20. Kalabhras Empire






21. Battle of Buxar






22. Maha-Megha-Vahana Empire






23. Indo-Sassanid Kingdom






24. Early Harappan Culture






25. Maukhari Empire






26. Death of Islam Shah.






27. Maukhari Empire






28. (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






29. Falling public support leads to Congress defeat in general election.






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






31. Late Harappan Culture






32. Subhas Chandra Bose calls Mahatma Gandhi as the Father of the Nation.






33. Kushan Empire






34. British Ceylon






35. More than 1000 people are killed in floods and landslides caused by monsoon rains in Mumbai (Bombay) and Maharashtra region.






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






37. Subhas Chandra Bose is born (to 1945)






38. Kuninda Kingdom






39. Middle and Late Vedic period (to 500 BC)






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






41. Second war with Pakistan over Kashmir.






42. 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.






43. Kingdom of Yapahuwa






44. Establishment of the Kushan empire by Kujula Kadphises.






45. Humayun converts from Sunni Islam to Shia Islam - to gain the alliance of the Shah of Persia. Humayun dies - and is succeeded by his son Akbar. Hindu king Hemu establishes 'Hindu Raj' in NorthIndia and bestowed with title of 'Samrat Hem Chandra Vikra






46. Magadha Kingdom






47. Gandhi






48. Gupta Empire






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






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