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Timeline Of Indian History
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1. Vakataka Empire
1398
250s
200 BC
1772
2. Sumra Dynasty ends the Arab domination and establishes its own rule over Sindh.
1058
350 BC
1605
1290
3. Company Raj
1453
483 BC
753
1757
4. Ashoka conquers and unifies most of South Asia - along with Afghanistan and eastern Iran.
78
1795
266 BC
1869
5. Lala Lajpat Rai is born (to 1928)
1865 - 28 January
November 2008
250s BC
1206
6. Cyrus the Great - founder of the Persian Achaemenid Empire conquers northwestern parts of theIndian subcontinent.
1200
700
345
538 BC
7. 'Victory of Prithviraj Chauhan'.First battle of Tarain between Mohammed Ghori and Prithviraj III. Ghauri is defeated by Prithivi Raj Chauhan III.
230
1191
1192
1343
8. Ashoka the Great regarded as the greatest ancientIndian emperor - grandson of Chandragupta Maurya - ascends as emperor of the Mauryan Empire.
1800
1780
273 BC
1228
9. Subhas Chandra Bose calls Mahatma Gandhi as the Father of the Nation.
3300
1944
700
1984
10. Kakori conspiracy
2003 August
1925
1774
450
11. Kalyani Chalukyas power at its peak. Vikramaditya VI ushers in Vikrama Chalukya era.
1796
1650
1120
1979
12. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War begins.
1798
300
1586
230
13. Kingdom of Kochi is taken over by the Portuguese creating the first European settlement inIndia.
1509
1503
1505
712
14. Nripatunga Amoghavarsha I becomes Rashtrakuta emperor. Kannada literature flourishes.
814
1398
350
2000
15. Kingdoms of Sri Lanka
543 BC
500s
1650
1527
16. Khudiram Bose is born (to 1908)
250
1889 - 3 December
1574
500
17. Dilawar Khan establishes the Malwa Sultanate in present-day northernIndia
1913
1221
260 BC
1401
18. Died Tatya Tope
1398
1859 - 18 April
1675
1875
19. Solanki Kingdom
942
1975
1586
320
20. Kushan Empire
60
1351
1003-1320 AD
1508
21. Rajaram Chhatrapati died
563 BC
1700
3400 BCE
300 BC
22. 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.
1962
1325
1675
1707
23. Koch Kingdom
1300
1347
1290
1515
24. Indo-Scythian Kingdom
1909
1966
200 BC
1859 - 18 April
25. (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
1606
350
1771
1999
26. Sayyid Sultanate
700
1574
1490
1414
27. Haryanka Kingdom
684
January 2002
1875
1206
28. 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
1948 - 30 January
250s
1929
1875
29. Chandragupta II - Samudragupta's son becomes the Gupta Emperor.
335
350 BC
September 2001
380
30. Swami Vivekanand is born (to 1902)
1863
2001
1559
400 BC
31. Rajiv Gandhi assassinated by suicide bomber sympathetic to Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers. Economic reform programme begun by Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao.
1820 -
1555
1991
1707
32. Maharaja Ranjit Singh establishes Khalsa rule of Punjab from Lahore. Khalsa army liberates Kashmiri Pundits and invades Afghanistan through Khyber Pass.
1030
1801
1539
326 BC
33. Chitradurga Kingdom
200s BC
590
230
1300
34. Battle of Chandawar fought between Ghauri and Jaichand of Kannauj. Ghauri defeated Jayachandra and killed him.
1951
321
1996
1194
35. Battle of Plassey - Company rule inIndia (to 1857)
35
420
250s BC
1757
36. Chandragupta I ascends to the Gupta throne.
September 2001
1826
320
1336
37. Rashtrakuta Empire
1228
1729
1913
753
38. Mughal army arrested for the act.
1600
1705
1336
1858
39. Non-cooperation movementKhilafat Movement
1774
350
265 BC
1920
40. Indo-Parthian Kingdom
1900 - 22 October
1757
21
2000
41. Indus Valley Civilization
606
1977
July 2001
3300
42. All India Forward Bloc Established by Subhas Chandra Bose
1526
1877 - January
1510
1939
43. Late Harappan Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins - including Cemetery H culture and other cultures.
1900 BC
1992
21
1206
44. Pandya Empire
300 BC
1796
1024
1699
45. Life of Basaveshwara - philosopher and social reformer. (to 1196)
1024
1134
1320
1293
46. Chitradurga Kingdom
1942
1310
1300
October 2001
47. 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
1554
1799
1948 - 30 January
February 2002
48. Ambhi king of Taxila surrenders to Alexander. Porus who ruled parts of the Punjab - fought Alexander at the Battle of the Hydaspes River.
1192
7000
326 BC
September 2001
49. Yadava Empire
350
1206
624
850
50. Died Tatya Tope
1600
750
1341
1859 - 18 April