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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.
1885 - 28 December
1777
1979
1966
2. Sikh Confederacy
1453
1540
230
1707
3. 'Atmiya Sabha' Established Later on known as 'Prarthana Samaj' By Raja Ram Mohan Roy
450 BC
35
230
1814
4. Vellore Mutiny
1490
543 BC
1806
1510
5. Establishment of theIndo-Scythian kingdom.
1805
1853
80 BC
1206
6. Eastern Ganga Empire
1078
333 BC
1912
1987
7. Mamluk Sultanate
1206
2600 BC
February 2002
1975
8. Nehru's daughterIndira Gandhi becomes prime minister.
60
3300
1966
1800
9. Kalachuri Empire
1707
230
1130
1992
10. Kingdom of Sitawaka
1351
1757
1521
1800
11. Battle of Chausa fought between Humayun and Sher Shah Suri in which Humayun defeated. Guru Angad Dev becomes second guru of sikhs.
1889 - 3 December
3000
1539
750
12. Mahavira passes away.
527 BC
250s
1665
543 BC
13. Life of Basaveshwara - philosopher and social reformer. (to 1196)
261 BC
1855 - 30 June
1134
1424
14. Swat culture
July 2001
1930
1600
1987
15. Gakhars kills Muhammad Ghori during a raid on his camp on the Jhelum River
500s
1620
1914
1206
16. First Anglo-Afghan War
1858
1839
1900 BC
1771
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.
184 BC
590
7000
1540
18. Khudiram Bose is born (to 1908)
1040
60
1889 - 3 December
280
19. Quit India Movement - (Late March) Cripps' mission - (August) Indian National Army Established by Subhas Chandra Bose
606
1820 -
1942
1325
20. Marathas comprehensively defeat the Nizam - Maratha Empire reaches its zenith.
1950 - 26 January
1760
1990
1858
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.
1919
2005 July
1855 - 30 June
1779
22. Indira Gandhi returns to power heading Congress party splinter group - Congress (Indira).
304 BC
1786
1799
1980
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
60
1799
1674
1699
24. Kingdom of Gampola
1200
75
1341
1818
25. Dilawar Khan establishes the Malwa Sultanate in present-day northernIndia
1401
57 BC
1290
1747
26. Morley-Minto Reforms
814
1554
1909
753
27. Gurjara Pratihara Empire
1786
563 BC
420
650
28. Cancelation of Partition of Bengal - Delhi Durbar Third Time
1950 - 26 January
1853 - 16 April
1911
March 2007
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.
1877 - January
333 BC
1527
1869
30. US President Bill Clinton makes a groundbreaking visit to improve ties. (May) India marks the birth of its billionth citizen.
2000
1779
1515
1855 - 30 June
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.
1806
184 BC
973
1451
32. Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh state kill more than 50 policemen in a dawn attack.
March 2007
590
1300
1515
33. Paramara Kingdom
1347
800
1665
February 2002
34. Establishment of theIndo-Scythian kingdom.
304 BC
80 BC
500
1696
35. Indo-Parthian Kingdom
1228
1943
21
1916
36. Lodi Sultanate
March 2007
538 BC
1443
1451
37. British Raj (to 1947)
606
1206
1858
1820 -
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)
1572
1947 - July
232 BC
1947 AD
39. Mahatma Gandhi is born (to 1948)
1772
1999
1869
1820 -
40. Dilawar Khan establishes the Malwa Sultanate in present-day northernIndia
1401
3300 BC
1200
1530
41. Battle of Chausa fought between Humayun and Sher Shah Suri in which Humayun defeated. Guru Angad Dev becomes second guru of sikhs.
1539
350
1200s
350 BC
42. Lohara Kingdom
413
1572
1003-1320 AD
1856
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
February 2002
1521
1903
345
44. Kanva Empire
1786
1343
75
60
45. Death of Islam Shah.
1661
1192
1984
1554
46. Ashoka conquers and unifies most of South Asia - along with Afghanistan and eastern Iran.
1572
350 BC
266 BC
1554
47. Deva Raya II succeeded his father Veera Vijaya Bukka Raya as monarch of the Vijayanagara Empire
1962
1424
1987
1867
48. Chandragupta I ascends to the Gupta throne.
320
1889 - 3 December
1774
1505
49. Kingdom of Gampola
1916
1497
1341
1867
50. Mature Harappan Culture
2600
1040
1157
1192