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Timeline Of Indian History
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1. Death of Nana Fadnavis
3000
684
3300
1800
2. Sikh Confederacy
1775
September 2001
200 AD
1707
3. 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.
March 2007
1490
1984
320
4. Indo-Parthian Kingdom
1925
2800 BC
1554
21
5. Salt Satyagraha - Round Table Conferences (India) First - civil disobedience movement
1157
1526
1930
1665
6. Panini - a resident of Gandhara - describes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit.
1919
350 BC
1515
350
7. Death of Sher Shah Suri and succeeded by Islam Shah.
February 2002
1545
1853
1947 - July
8. Death of Aurangzeb the mughal emperor.
1505
1920
1707
1916
9. Maha-Megha-Vahana Empire
1817
1987
250s BC
1485
10. Period IV of Mehrgarh ends
1370
1083
7000
3300 BC
11. Battle of Chausa fought between Humayun and Sher Shah Suri in which Humayun defeated. Guru Angad Dev becomes second guru of sikhs.
1620
200 BC
1539
1000
12. Advent of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu - founder of Gaudiya Vaishnavism and leader of the world's first civil disobedience movement - in Navadwip - West Bengal
1486
185
1707
1134
13. Started Post Service
800
1293
1853
1707
14. Central Assembly Bombed by Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt. Purna Swaraj resolution.
1486
1552
1221
1929
15. Jehangir announces 'Chain of Justice' outside his palace that anyone can ring the bell and get a personal hearing with the emperor. Jehangir dies - and is succeeded by his son Shah Jahan.
1508
1944
1412
1628
16. Republic Day (India)
1950 - 26 January
1771
1905
1505
17. First Muslim - Md. Bin Qasim defeats Raja Dahir
1919
1942
712
300 BC
18. At least 50 people are killed in two simultaneous bomb blasts in Bombay.
2003 August
1530
1889 - 3 December
1932 - 24 September
19. Colonial period
1696
637
1505
3000
20. Vellore Mutiny
700
1806
424
from 2000 BC
21. Maha-Megha-Vahana Empire
1932 - 24 September
1024
250s BC
1000 BC
22. Delhi DurbarFirst time
1877 - January
1021
1858
1790
23. Siddharta Gautama 'Buddha' of the Shakya polity in S. Nepal - founds Buddhism (older date - 563
1705
400 BC
1853 - 16 April
1300
24. Indus Valley Civilization
January 2002
1795
1817
3300
25. Gurjara-Pratihara (to 910)
1858
836
1906
230
26. India successfully test-fires a nuclear-capable ballistic missile - the Agni - off its eastern coast.
January 2002
35
1675
1999
27. Sikh Empire
1820 -
1799
1040
1900 BC
28. Kingdoms of Sri Lanka
1792
1206
543 BC
1414
29. Early Vedic period (to 1000 BC)
750
1500 BC
1656
21
30. 'Victory of Mohammed Ghauri'. Second battle of Tarain fought between Ghauri and Prithivi Raj Chauhan III. Prithvi Raj Chauhan III is defeated by Mhammed Ghori.
232 BC
1947 - July
1699
1192
31. Champaran and Kheda Satyagraha
321
78
1917
1336
32. Kushan Empire
1586
60
1859 - 18 April
1905
33. Kanva Empire
1950 - 26 January
75
1200s
1030
34. 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.
1003-1320 AD
1777
1800
1221
35. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge.
1206
1796
600 BC
December 2001
36. The Maratha Peshwa (prime minister) usurps the Maratha kingdom - starting a new dynastic rule based in Pune.
1040
1749
1853 - 16 April
1772
37. Keladi Kingdom
1499
from 2000 BC
1799
1515
38. Life of Basaveshwara - philosopher and social reformer. (to 1196)
1134
2000
1853 - 16 April
753
39. Iron age
1200
1803
1867
260 BC
40. PortugueseIndia (to 1961)
230
1102
1510
1469
41. 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
1453
413
1351
1556
42. Establishment of theIndo-Greek kingdom.
543
1000 BC
250s
180 BC
43. Deva Kingdom
3300
1853 - 16 April
1200s
3400 BCE
44. First Anglo-Afghan War
1897 - 23 January
1630
1839
1826
45. Gautamiputra Satkarni becomes Satavahana emperor and starts Shalivahana era calendar after defeating Scythian king Maues.
1796
1102
420
78
46. 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.
1857 - 10 May
July 2001
624
1586
47. Anglo
1857 - 10 May
1823
1490
78
48. Death of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
1674
1845
200 BC
1964
49. Death of Islam Shah.
1540
1554
1853
230 BC
50. Chalukya Empire
1545
753
543
590