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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Death of Sher Shah Suri and succeeded by Islam Shah.






2. Proposed death date of Gautama Buddha.






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






4. 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.






5. Kingdom of Sitawaka






6. Kadamba Empire






7. Mauryan Empire is founded by Chandragupta Maurya in Magadha after he defeats the Nanda dynasty and Macedonian Seleucid Empire. Mauryan capital city is Patliputra (Modern Patna in Bihar)






8. B. R. Ambedkar is born (to 1956)






9. Birth of Shivaji Maharaj.






10. Establishment of theIndo-Parthian kingdom.






11. Battle of Buxar






12. Simon Commission






13. Salt Satyagraha - Round Table Conferences (India) First - civil disobedience movement






14. B. R. Ambedkar is born (to 1956)






15. Eastern Ganga Empire






16. Third Anglo-Maratha War ends with the defeat of Bajirao II and the end of the Maratha Empire leaving the EastIndia Company with control of almost the whole ofIndia






17. Ching-Thang Khomba moves Manipur's capital to Kangla






18. 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






19. Hindustan Socialist Republican Association formed.






20. 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 (






21. Establishment of Rashtrakuta Kingdom of Manyakhet by Danti Durga by defeating Chalukyas of Badami






22. Pandya Empire






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






24. Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya drives out Praudha Raya ending the Sangama Dynasty






25. Pallava Empire






26. Hindu






27. Maukhari Empire






28. Akbar annexes Kashmir.






29. Earliest evidence for indus valley civilization






30. Dilawar Khan establishes the Malwa Sultanate in present-day northernIndia






31. Magadha Kingdom






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






33. Kingdom of Dambadeniya






34. Koch Kingdom






35. Ashoka the Great regarded as the greatest ancientIndian emperor - grandson of Chandragupta Maurya - ascends as emperor of the Mauryan Empire.






36. Sena Empire






37. Chandragupta Maurya defeats Seleucus Nicator of the Seleucid Empire.






38. Western Satraps formed.






39. Government of India Act 1935






40. Maha Janapadas






41. Kalabhras Empire






42. Direct Action Day/Great Calcutta Killings






43. Subhas Chandra Bose is born (to 1945)






44. 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






45. 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.






46. Congress suffers worst ever electoral defeat as Hindu nationalist BJP emerges as largest single party.






47. Gandhi






48. Kingdom of Kandy






49. Deccan Sultanates






50. Indira Gandhi declares state of emergency after being found guilty of electoral malpractice. Nearly 1000 political opponents imprisoned and programme of compulsory birth control introduced. (to 1977)