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Timeline Of Indian History
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1. Madurai Kingdom
300 BC
7000
543
1559
2. Classical period
500
1451
1
1674
3. 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.
1272
700
1078
333 BC
4. Ashfaqulla Khan is born (to 1927)
624
1900 - 22 October
475
1600
5. 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
1572
180 BC
1930
1799
6. Mysore Kingdom
1399
1999
424
1628
7. Mamluk Sultanate
1586
1974
1206
1784
8. Sikh Empire
2600 BC
1857
1799
200 AD
9. Kushan Empire
1293
505
1992
60
10. Ulugh Khan defeats Prataparudra ending the Kakatiya dynasty
1323
489
1992
650
11. Ashoka dies and is succeeded by Kunala.
2600 BC
1505
320
232 BC
12. Mauryan Empire is founded by Chandragupta Maurya in Magadha after he defeats the Nanda dynasty and Macedonian Seleucid Empire. Mauryan capital city is Patliputra (Modern Patna in Bihar)
1630
321 BC
1826
1000
13. Second Anglo-Mysore War ends with the Treaty of Mangalore.
1192
1784
1764
1414
14. Solanki Kingdom
180 BC
1700
1003-1320 AD
942
15. Early modern period
1526
1814
1341
624
16. Other states
753
1120
599 BC
1102
17. Establishment of the Kushan empire by Kujula Kadphises.
1943
68
1358
1490
18. Zafar Khan - governor of Gujarat - declares himself as Sultan Muzaffar Shah founding the Gujarat Sultanate/Muzaffarid dynasty
1407
1815
185
February 2002
19. Maha-Megha-Vahana Empire
1991
250s BC
1612
1803
20. Khilji Sultanate
1290
1999
1574
753
21. Proposed death date of Gautama Buddha.
483 BC
1341
1556
505
22. Champaran and Kheda Satyagraha
1917
1228
3300 BC
1856
23. 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.
1917
1102
1946 - February
1540
24. Khizr Khan - deputized by Timur to be the governor of Multan takes over Delhi founding the Sayyid dynasty
1620
1414
1659
1370
25. Maurya Empire
321
1897 - 23 January
1500 BC
700
26. Mauryan Empire is founded by Chandragupta Maurya in Magadha after he defeats the Nanda dynasty and Macedonian Seleucid Empire. Mauryan capital city is Patliputra (Modern Patna in Bihar)
304 BC
1398
321 BC
1795
27. Huna Kingdom
1343
475
1784
1773
28. Death of Ahilyabai Holkar
1605
1853
305 BC
1795
29. Earliest evidence for indus valley civilization
320
3400 BCE
1446
1799
30. Maukhari Empire
1729
180 BC
1347
550s
31. Indo-Sassanid Kingdom
475
1414
7000
230
32. (February) Vajpayee makes historic bus trip to Pakistan to meet Premier Nawaz Sharif and to sign bilateral Lahore peace declaration. (May) Tension in Kashmir leads to brief war with Pakistan-backed forces in the icy heights around Kargil inIndian-hel
1999
413
1521
700
33. 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.
October 2001
1675
75
184 BC
34. Lodi Sultanate
1965
1451
1206
1857 - 10 May
35. Paramara Kingdom
1911
800
1853 - 16 April
1980
36. 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
712
1759
February 2002
1707
37. Nanda Empire
1191
300 BC
424
1505
38. Alberuni arrivies inIndia; death of Mahmud of Ghazni
1554
230
1030
7000
39. Chandragupta I ascends to the Gupta throne.
1946 - February
527 BC
320
1989
40. Sunga Empire
1293
1191
1530
185
41. Lahore Resolution - August offer 1940
1940
1889 - 3 December
624
600 BC
42. Late Harappan Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins - including Cemetery H culture and other cultures.
1900 BC
1527
1272
250
43. Kingdom of Raigama
1600
1347
1024
1998
44. Ashoka conquers and unifies most of South Asia - along with Afghanistan and eastern Iran.
1605
1407
266 BC
1490
45. Battle of Chausa fought between Humayun and Sher Shah Suri in which Humayun defeated. Guru Angad Dev becomes second guru of sikhs.
1572
1021
1914
1539
46. Western Satraps formed.
1818
1675
1996
35
47. BritishIndia (to 1947) EastIndia Company (to 1757)
335
1906
1612
1572
48. Quit India Movement - (Late March) Cripps' mission - (August) Indian National Army Established by Subhas Chandra Bose
1942
450
180 BC
1916
49. IndianIndependence Act 1947 by British Raj. Partition ofIndia - Freedom from British Raj. Hundreds of thousands die in widespread communal bloodshed after partition. (to 1948)
16 August
1947 - July
400 BC
1966
50. Hindu extremists demolish mosque in Ayodhya - triggering widespread Hindu-Muslim violence.
1120
1446
1696
1992