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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. 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.






2. Sikh Confederacy






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






4. Vellore Mutiny






5. Establishment of theIndo-Scythian kingdom.






6. Eastern Ganga Empire






7. Mamluk Sultanate






8. Nehru's daughterIndira Gandhi becomes prime minister.






9. Kalachuri Empire






10. Kingdom of Sitawaka






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






12. Mahavira passes away.






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






14. Swat culture






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






16. First Anglo-Afghan War






17. Battle of Kannauj fought between Humayun and Sher Shah Suri and Humayun was completely defeated. Humayun lost the Mughal empire to Afghans (Suri Dynasty) - and passed 12 years in exile.






18. Khudiram Bose is born (to 1908)






19. Quit India Movement - (Late March) Cripps' mission - (August) Indian National Army Established by Subhas Chandra Bose






20. Marathas comprehensively defeat the Nizam - Maratha Empire reaches its zenith.






21. Maratha sardar Mahadji Shinde routs the EastIndia Company army at the Battle of Wadgaon War ends with the restoration of status quo as per Treaty of Salbai.






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






23. 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






24. Kingdom of Gampola






25. Dilawar Khan establishes the Malwa Sultanate in present-day northernIndia






26. Morley-Minto Reforms






27. Gurjara Pratihara Empire






28. Cancelation of Partition of Bengal - Delhi Durbar Third Time






29. Persian rule in the northwest ends after Darius III is defeated by Alexander the Great - who establishes the Macedonian Empire after inheriting the Persian Achaemenid Empire.






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






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






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






33. Paramara Kingdom






34. Establishment of theIndo-Scythian kingdom.






35. Indo-Parthian Kingdom






36. Lodi Sultanate






37. British Raj (to 1947)






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






39. Mahatma Gandhi is born (to 1948)






40. Dilawar Khan establishes the Malwa Sultanate in present-day northernIndia






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






42. Lohara Kingdom






43. 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






44. Kanva Empire






45. Death of Islam Shah.






46. Ashoka conquers and unifies most of South Asia - along with Afghanistan and eastern Iran.






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






48. Chandragupta I ascends to the Gupta throne.






49. Kingdom of Gampola






50. Mature Harappan Culture