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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Started Post Service






2. Delhi conspiracy case






3. Guru Har Krishan becomes eight guru of Sikhs.






4. Haryanka Kingdom






5. Marava Kingdom






6. Lodi Sultanate






7. Persian rule in the northwest ends after Darius III is defeated by Alexander the Great - who establishes the Macedonian Empire after inheriting the Persian Achaemenid Empire.






8. Maitraka Empire






9. Sikh Empire






10. Maratha sardar Mahadji Shinde routs the EastIndia Company army at the Battle of Wadgaon War ends with the restoration of status quo as per Treaty of Salbai.






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






12. Beginning of Vikram Era






13. US President Bill Clinton makes a groundbreaking visit to improve ties. (May) India marks the birth of its billionth citizen.






14. British Raj (to 1947)






15. Mahatma Gandhi is born (to 1948)






16. Advent of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu - founder of Gaudiya Vaishnavism and leader of the world's first civil disobedience movement - in Navadwip - West Bengal






17. DutchIndia






18. First Muslim - Md. Bin Qasim defeats Raja Dahir






19. Guru Hargobind becomes sixth guru of Sikhs.






20. 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






21. Dutch Ceylon






22. Bardoli Satyagraha






23. Mahmud Ghazni defeats Tarnochalpal and annexes Punjab






24. Babur bribes Mewar general Silhadi promising Silhadi a kingdom - if Silhadi betrays Mewar King Rana Sanga in Battle of Khanwa - thus leading to the annexation of Mewar.






25. All India Forward Bloc Established by Subhas Chandra Bose






26. Kingdom of Anuradhapura






27. Mahavira passes away.






28. Rajiv Gandhi assassinated by suicide bomber sympathetic to Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers. Economic reform programme begun by Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao.






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






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






31. Kingdom of Upatissa Nuwara






32. Mahatma Gandhi is born (to 1948)






33. Ashoka dies and is succeeded by Kunala.






34. DanishIndia






35. Sikh Confederacy






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






37. 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.






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






39. Delhi DurbarFirst time






40. Establishment of theIndo-Parthian kingdom.






41. Marathas comprehensively defeat the Nizam - Maratha Empire reaches its zenith.






42. Portuguese land on the Coromandel Coast






43. Establishment of theIndo-Greek kingdom.






44. Mughal army arrested for the act.






45. Mahavira - 24th Tirthankar of Jainism is born (traditional date).






46. Third Anglo-Mysore War begins.






47. Anglo






48. Kingdom of Yapahuwa






49. Ulugh Khan defeats Prataparudra ending the Kakatiya dynasty






50. US President Bill Clinton makes a groundbreaking visit to improve ties. (May) India marks the birth of its billionth citizen.