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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Western Ganga Kingdom






2. First Anglo-Sikh Wars (to 1849)






3. Princely states (to 1947)






4. Mysore Kingdom






5. Direct Action Day/Great Calcutta Killings






6. Subhas Chandra Bose calls Mahatma Gandhi as the Father of the Nation.






7. First Muslim mosque inIndia constructed in kerala by malik dheenar






8. Sri-Gupta starts the Gupta Empire in Magadha - with its capital in Patliputra






9. Kingdom of Upatissa Nuwara






10. Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh state kill more than 50 policemen in a dawn attack.






11. Indian National Congress Eshtablished






12. Zafar Khan - governor of Gujarat - declares himself as Sultan Muzaffar Shah founding the Gujarat Sultanate/Muzaffarid dynasty






13. Gajapati Kingdom






14. Shishunaga Kingdom






15. Eastern Ganga Empire






16. Gurjara-Pratihara (to 910)






17. Vasco de Gama's first voyage from Europe toIndia and back (to 1499)






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






19. Rajaram Chhatrapati died






20. Keladi Kingdom






21. Travancore Kingdom






22. PortugueseIndia (to 1961)






23. Invasions by the Huna.






24. Durrani Empire






25. Kalinga War takes place between Ashoka and the kingdom of Kalinga. After conquering Kalinga - Ashoka reportedly regrets what he had done - leading him to adopt Buddhism - which then became the quasi-official state religion of the Mauryan Empire.






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






27. Lala Lajpat Rai is born (to 1928)






28. US lifts sanctions which it imposed againstIndia and Pakistan after they staged nuclear tests in 1998. The move is seen as a reward for their support for the US-led anti-terror campaign.






29. Establishment of theIndo-Scythian kingdom.






30. Constantinople won By Turkey






31. Sena Empire






32. Western Satrap Empire






33. Mahatma Gandhi assassinated by a right wing Hindu nationalist Nathuram Godse. War with Pakistan over disputed territory of Kashmir. Telangana and other princely states integrated inIndian union






34. Kadamba Empire






35. Marathas re-captures Delhi and parts of NorthIndia.






36. BJP forms coalition government under Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee. India carries out nuclear tests - leading to widespread international condemnation.






37. Battle of Diu marks the beginning of the dominance of the Europeans in the Asian naval theater.






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






39. Sikh Confederacy






40. Vedic period






41. Invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni






42. Establishment of the Kushan empire by Kujula Kadphises.






43. Western Satrap Empire






44. Died Tatya Tope






45. 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






46. Hoysala Empire






47. Governor Hasan Gangu revolts against Muhammad bin Tughluq founding the Bahmani Sultanate






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






49. Indira Gandhi's Congress Party loses general elections. Janata Party comes to power.Communist party ofIndia comes into power in West Bengal.






50. India loses brief border war with China. India won Diu - Daman and Goa from PortugueseIndia.







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