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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Koch Kingdom






2. Kingdom of Ruhuna






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






4. Company Raj






5. Paramara Kingdom






6. Second Anglo-Maratha War begins






7. Kingdom of Dambadeniya






8. Swat culture






9. Death of Islam Shah.






10. Siddharta Gautama 'Buddha' of the Shakya polity in S. Nepal - founds Buddhism (older date - 563






11. Chalukya Empire






12. Magadha Kingdom






13. Reddy Kingdom






14. PortugueseIndia (to 1961)






15. Chitradurga Kingdom






16. Yadava Empire






17. Chola Empire






18. Chandragupta II - Samudragupta's son becomes the Gupta Emperor.






19. Late medieval age






20. Third Anglo-Maratha War begins






21. Second Anglo-Mysore War begins.






22. Sayyid Sultanate






23. 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.






24. Kushan Empire






25. Shahi Empire






26. IndianIndependence Act 1947 by British Raj. Partition ofIndia - Freedom from British Raj. Hundreds of thousands die in widespread communal bloodshed after partition. (to 1948)






27. Chandragupta I ascends to the Gupta throne.






28. Samudragupta ascends the Gupta throne and expands the empire.






29. Non-cooperation movementKhilafat Movement






30. Death of Aurangzeb the mughal emperor.






31. 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






32. Death of Yashwantrao Holkar






33. Rajaram Chhatrapati died






34. Gadar Party formed.






35. Indo-Parthian Kingdom






36. Polonnaruwa Kingdom






37. Kalyani Chalukyas power at its peak. Vikramaditya VI ushers in Vikrama Chalukya era.






38. Invasions by the Huna.






39. Kingdom of Yapahuwa






40. Hindu






41. 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.






42. Delhi conspiracy case






43. Death of Islam Shah.






44. Middle and Late Vedic period (to 500 BC)






45. Congress Party wins first general elections under leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru. (to 1952)






46. Proposed death date of Gautama Buddha.






47. Tughlaq Sultanate






48. Maratha Empire






49. Jallianwala Bagh massacre - Montagu






50. Deva Kingdom