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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Portuguese land on the Coromandel Coast






2. Chandra Vidyasagar is born (to 1891)






3. Veera Ballala III killed at the Battle of Madurai.






4. Second Anglo-Mysore War begins.






5. Maha Janapadas






6. India explodes first nuclear device in underground test.






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






8. Sena Empire






9. DanishIndia






10. Vakataka Empire






11. Rai Kingdom






12. Government of India Act 1935






13. Gurjara Pratihara Empire






14. British rule in Burma (to 1947)






15. Cancelation of Partition of Bengal - Delhi Durbar Third Time






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






17. Vellore Mutiny






18. Establishment of theIndo-Scythian kingdom.






19. Earliest evidence for indus valley civilization






20. Establishment of the Kushan empire by Kujula Kadphises.






21. The Marathas are routed in the Third Battle of Panipat on 14 January 1761 - by the Afghans led by Ahmad Shah Durrani - an ethnic Pashtun - also known as Ahmad Shah Abdali. The battle is considered one of the largest battles fought in the 18th century






22. Ahom Kingdom






23. Company Raj






24. BritishIndia (to 1947) EastIndia Company (to 1757)






25. Early modern period






26. Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act - 1856 - (23 July) Bal Gangadhar Tilak is born (to 1920) - (20 August) Narayana Guru is born (to 1928)






27. Ochre Coloured Pottery culture






28. The Maratha Peshwa (prime minister) usurps the Maratha kingdom - starting a new dynastic rule based in Pune.






29. Nanda Empire






30. Western Chalukya Empire






31. Sunga Empire






32. Life of Basaveshwara - philosopher and social reformer. (to 1196)






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






34. Indo-Parthian Kingdom






35. Khudiram Bose is born (to 1908)






36. Kamarupa Kingdom






37. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins. The cities of Harappa - Lothal - Kalibangan - Dholavira - Rakhigarhi and Mohenjo-daro become large metropolises and the civilization expands to over 2 -500 cities and settlements. The civi






38. 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.






39. Delhi DurbarFirst time






40. Chola Empire






41. Maratha Empire






42. '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.






43. Shahi Empire






44. Second Anglo-Mysore War ends with the Treaty of Mangalore.






45. Solanki Kingdom






46. Birth of Babur in Andijan - Fergana Valley in Central Asia






47. India successfully test-fires a nuclear-capable ballistic missile - the Agni - off its eastern coast.






48. Early Vedic period (to 1000 BC)






49. Sultan Ibrahim Lodi - of the Delhi Sultanate - angers local nobles - who respond by inviting Babur - the Mughal ruler of Kabul - to invade Delhi and Agra. The local population - plus the possession of artillery - assists Babur in killing the Sultan (






50. Jugantar formed. 30 December - Muslim League formed in Dacca.






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