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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Ror Kingdom






2. Shivaji's ill-equipped and small Maratha army defeat mighty Adilshahi troops at the Battle of Pratapgarh in a major upset inIndian history. Shivaji personally kills Adilshahi commander Afzal Khan (general).






3. 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)






4. Mehrgarh Culture






5. Thanjavur Kingdom






6. British Expedition to Tibet






7. Proposed death date of Gautama Buddha.






8. Lala Lajpat Rai is born (to 1928)






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






10. Mysore Kingdom






11. Constantinople won By Turkey






12. Badami Chalukya power at its peak. Pulakesi II pushes north up to the Narmada and defeats the invading Harshavardhana of Kanauj






13. Ahom Kingdom






14. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge.






15. Hindu extremists demolish mosque in Ayodhya - triggering widespread Hindu-Muslim violence.






16. 'Victory of Prithviraj Chauhan'.First battle of Tarain between Mohammed Ghori and Prithviraj III. Ghauri is defeated by Prithivi Raj Chauhan III.






17. Western Ganga Kingdom






18. The Pandyan king sends ambassadors to the Greek and Roman lands.






19. Polonnaruwa Kingdom






20. Hindu






21. Magadha Kingdom






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






23. Second Anglo-Maratha War begins






24. Koch Kingdom






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






26. Tughlaq Sultanate






27. Invasions by the Huna.






28. 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






29. Maha-Megha-Vahana Empire






30. Pala Empire






31. First Anglo-Sikh Wars (to 1849)






32. Vajpayee's BJP party declines his offer to resign over a number of political scandals and the apparent failure of his talks with Pakistani President Musharraf.






33. Santhal rebellion






34. Harshavardhana crowned Monarch.






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






36. 'Prarthana Samaj' Established Earlier known as 'Atmiya Sabha'






37. Kingdom of Dambadeniya






38. Timur plunders Lahore






39. Troops storm Golden Temple - Sikhs' most holy shrine - to flush out Sikh militants pressing for self-rule. Indira Gandhi assassinated by Sikh bodyguards - following which her son - Rajiv - takes over.






40. Establishment of theIndo-Greek kingdom.






41. Aurangzeb invades the Deccan






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






43. Vajpayee meets Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in the first summit between the two neighbours in more than two years. The meeting ends without a breakthrough or even a joint statement because of differences over Kashmir.






44. Mahavira passes away.






45. Khizr Khan - deputized by Timur to be the governor of Multan takes over Delhi founding the Sayyid dynasty






46. Gautam Buddha - founder of Buddhism is born.






47. 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.






48. Death of Yashwantrao Holkar






49. The Maratha Peshwa (prime minister) usurps the Maratha kingdom - starting a new dynastic rule based in Pune.






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