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Timeline Of Indian History
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1. Bardoli Satyagraha
1272
1200
1612
1928
2. Lodi Sultanate
1412
1451
1552
1951
3. Early Vedic period (to 1000 BC)
1913
1500 BC
1930
377 BC
4. Iron age
1200
1974
1021
712
5. Third war with Pakistan over creation of Bangladesh - formerly East Pakistan. Twenty-year treaty of friendship signed with Soviet Union.
1944
1971
180 BC
1078
6. Congress suffers worst ever electoral defeat as Hindu nationalist BJP emerges as largest single party.
1221
1996
1944
1814
7. Ram Mohan Roy Born (to 1833)
1336
1772
1469
505
8. Cancelation of Partition of Bengal - Delhi Durbar Third Time
1200 BC
1527
1911
629
9. Ghadar conspiracy - Provisional Government of India formed in Kabul. Gandhiji Return toIndia.
2005 July
1134
1401
1915
10. Hoysala Empire
January 2002
1556
1040
1924
11. Invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni
1000
1919
1869
200 BC
12. Ulugh Khan defeats Prataparudra ending the Kakatiya dynasty
261 BC
543 BC
1323
1200
13. Khizr Khan - deputized by Timur to be the governor of Multan takes over Delhi founding the Sayyid dynasty
1889 - 3 December
1414
July 2001
350
14. Yadava Empire
75
1931 - March
2003 August
850
15. Rajiv Gandhi assassinated by suicide bomber sympathetic to Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers. Economic reform programme begun by Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao.
1705
1991
1792
1902
16. Humayun regained the throne of Delhi from the hands of weak successors of Sher Shah.
1003-1320 AD
1839
1889 - 3 December
1555
17. Guru Ram Das becomes fourth Guru of Sikhs. Akbar annexes Bengal.
836
1515
1446
1574
18. 'Victory of Prithviraj Chauhan'.First battle of Tarain between Mohammed Ghori and Prithviraj III. Ghauri is defeated by Prithivi Raj Chauhan III.
1191
1320
1228
321
19. Santhal rebellion
1855 - 30 June
1857
1058
1944
20. Koch Kingdom
1206
1515
1807
1987
21. First Muslim mosque inIndia constructed in kerala by malik dheenar
629
1792
350 BC
1798
22. 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.
1659
1777
1858
973
23. Paramara Kingdom
1370
1469
1920
800
24. India loses brief border war with China. India won Diu - Daman and Goa from PortugueseIndia.
1699
1530
1962
1469
25. Ashoka dies and is succeeded by Kunala.
1347
232 BC
700
1661
26. Kuninda Kingdom established. Tholkappiyam describes the grammar and morphology of Tamil; it is the oldest existing Tamil grammar (dates vary between 200 BCE and 100 CE). (to 100 BC)
1889 - 3 December
1817
942
200 BC
27. Non-cooperation movementKhilafat Movement
1947 - July
1777
1920
543
28. Guru Nanak - the founder of Sikhism is born
1801
1469
1707
1530
29. Shivaji dies of fever at Raigad.
1680
300 BC
380
250 BC
30. Chandragupta II - Samudragupta's son becomes the Gupta Emperor.
335
380
1947 AD
1943
31. Pandya Empire
300 BC
700
1530
1200
32. 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
1929
1761
2000
599 BC
33. Battle of Buxar
1764
1823
1857
1897 - 23 January
34. Sri-Gupta starts the Gupta Empire in Magadha - with its capital in Patliputra
1924
240
1572
1857
35. A high-powered rocket is launched - addingIndia to the club of countries able to fire big satellites deep into space.
1370
1747
2001
1857
36. Dayananda Saraswati is born (to 1883)
1897 - 23 January
600 BC
1824 - 12 February
December 2001
37. Indus Valley Civilization
1000 BC
1220
3300
788
38. Third Anglo-Mysore War begins.
304 BC
1789
1336
333 BC
39. Establishment of theIndo-Scythian kingdom.
80 BC
1
1134
500
40. Chera Kingdom
1600
1914
300 BC
185
41. Kingdom of Upatissa Nuwara
1522
505
1370
850
42. Kingdom of Tambapanni
1341
650
543
1708
43. Marathas comprehensively defeat the Nizam - Maratha Empire reaches its zenith.
1765
1902
1760
1947 AD
44. Suicide squad attacks parliament in New Delhi - killing several police. The five gunmen die in the assault. India imposes sanctions against Pakistan - to force it to take action against two Kashmir militant groups blamed for the suicide attack on par
1565
1083
543 BC
December 2001
45. Vakataka Empire
1130
1510
250s
7000
46. Chitradurga Kingdom
1817
483 BC
1300
3300
47. Ambhi king of Taxila surrenders to Alexander. Porus who ruled parts of the Punjab - fought Alexander at the Battle of the Hydaspes River.
326 BC
321
1729
1545
48. Mallikarjuna Raya succeeds his father Deva Raya II
1900 - 22 October
1446
1
1759
49. Swami Vivekanand is born (to 1902)
1024
1434
1370
1863
50. Eastern Ganga Empire
1992
1078
1325
1853