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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Guru Hargobind becomes sixth guru of Sikhs.






2. Kalachuri Empire






3. Establishment of theIndo-Greek kingdom.






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






5. Kingdom of Anuradhapura






6. Anushilan Samiti - organized revolutionary association formed.






7. Kingdom of Ruhuna






8. Panini - a resident of Gandhara - describes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit.






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






10. Gurjara Pratihara Empire






11. Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind - the Provisional Government of FreeIndia formed by Netaji.






12. Third Anglo-Mysore War begins.






13. Kuninda Kingdom






14. Northern Black Polished Ware






15. Vedic period






16. British Raj






17. 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.






18. Deva Kingdom






19. Rashtrakuta Empire






20. Sena Empire






21. Mamluk Sultanate






22. Polonnaruwa Kingdom






23. DutchIndia






24. Late Harappan Culture






25. Guru Granth Sahib becomes Guru of Sikhs.






26. Bronze age






27. Indian National Congress Eshtablished






28. Haryanka Kingdom






29. Anushilan Samiti - organized revolutionary association formed.






30. Lala Lajpat Rai is born (to 1928)






31. Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act - 1856 - (23 July) Bal Gangadhar Tilak is born (to 1920) - (20 August) Narayana Guru is born (to 1928)






32. EastIndia company is formed in England. Gets exclusive trading rights withIndia.






33. Second Anglo-Maratha War begins






34. Magadha Kingdom






35. Shivaji dies of fever at Raigad.






36. 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.






37. Koch Kingdom






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






39. Kingdom of Kandy






40. Ambhi king of Taxila surrenders to Alexander. Porus who ruled parts of the Punjab - fought Alexander at the Battle of the Hydaspes River.






41. Aurangzeb invades the Deccan






42. Garhwal Kingdom






43. India fires on Pakistani military posts in the heaviest firing along the dividing line of control in Kashmir for almost a year.(NO reference)






44. Birth of Shivaji Maharaj.






45. Shishunaga Kingdom






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






47. Chandragupta II - Samudragupta's son becomes the Gupta Emperor.






48. Guru Tegh Bahadur - the ninth Guru of Sikhs is executed in Delhi by the order of Aurangzeb for his support for the Kashmiri Hindus to practice their religion.Guru Gobind Singh becomes tenth Guru of Sikhs.






49. Ram Mohan Roy Born (to 1833)






50. 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