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Timeline Of Indian History

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






2. Indo-Scythian Kingdom






3. Magadha Kingdom






4. 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.






5. Dutch Ceylon






6. Nehru's daughterIndira Gandhi becomes prime minister.






7. Dayananda Saraswati is born (to 1883)






8. Birth of Adi Shankaracharya






9. India explodes first nuclear device in underground test.






10. Gautam Buddha - founder of Buddhism is born.






11. Forces led by Shivaji defeat Aurangzeb's troops - and establishes Maratha Empire.






12. All India Forward Bloc Established by Subhas Chandra Bose






13. Western Chalukya Empire






14. 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






15. The Marathas are routed in the Third Battle of Panipat on 14 January 1761 - by the Afghans led by Ahmad Shah Durrani - an ethnic Pashtun - also known as Ahmad Shah Abdali. The battle is considered one of the largest battles fought in the 18th century






16. Birth of Adi Shankaracharya






17. Second Anglo-Maratha War ends






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






19. Simon Commission






20. Nanda Empire






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






22. Maurya Empire






23. Guru Arjan Dev becomes fifth Guru of Sikhs.






24. Pandya Empire






25. Second Anglo-Maratha War begins






26. Zamorin Kingdom






27. 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






28. Reddy Kingdom






29. Swat culture






30. Ror Kingdom






31. Establishment of the Kushan empire by Kujula Kadphises.






32. Timur plunders Lahore






33. Kingdom of Kurunegala






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






35. Guru Tegh Bahadur becomes ninth Guru of Sikhs.






36. Lucknow Pact






37. Second Anglo-Mysore War begins.






38. Chalukya Empire






39. Babur completes his Baburnama - reflecting on society - politics - economics - history - geography - nature - flora and fauna - which to this day is a standard textbook in 25 countries. Babur dies - and is succeeded by his son Humayun.






40. Kingdom of Ruhuna






41. Shishunaga Kingdom






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






43. Maha-Megha-Vahana Empire






44. Subhas Chandra Bose is born (to 1945)






45. Last invasion of Mahmud Ghazni - sacked and destroyed temple of Somnath






46. Second war with Pakistan over Kashmir.






47. Indira Gandhi declares state of emergency after being found guilty of electoral malpractice. Nearly 1000 political opponents imprisoned and programme of compulsory birth control introduced. (to 1977)






48. Proposed death date of Gautama Buddha.






49. Nearly 200 people are killed and hundreds injured in a series of co-ordinated attacks by gunmen on the main tourist and business area ofIndia's financial capital Mumbai.India blames militants from Pakistan for the attacks and demands that Islamabad t






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