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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Direct Action Day/Great Calcutta Killings






2. Hindu






3. Rajaram Chhatrapati died






4. First Anglo-Afghan War






5. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War begins.






6. Rashtrakuta Empire






7. Sunga Empire






8. Magadha Kingdom






9. Late medieval age






10. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War ends with the death of Tipu Sultan - the victory of the EastIndia Company - and the restoration of their ally - the Wodeyar dynasty of Mysore. Polygar War






11. Aurangzeb invades the Deccan






12. 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.






13. Mahavira passes away.






14. Thondaiman Kingdom






15. Hindu






16. Guru Ram Das becomes fourth Guru of Sikhs. Akbar annexes Bengal.






17. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge.






18. Invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni






19. Ulugh Khan defeats Prataparudra ending the Kakatiya dynasty






20. Lohara Kingdom






21. Death of Nana Fadnavis






22. Sumra Dynasty ends the Arab domination and establishes its own rule over Sindh.






23. Republic Day (India)






24. Chera Kingdom






25. Black and Red ware culture






26. Establishment of theIndo-Parthian kingdom.






27. Guru Har Krishan becomes eight guru of Sikhs.






28. Late Harappan Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins - including Cemetery H culture and other cultures.






29. Kadamba Empire






30. Western Ganga Kingdom






31. Death of Aurangzeb the mughal emperor.






32. 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)






33. Birth of Adi Shankaracharya






34. Cyrus the Great - founder of the Persian Achaemenid Empire conquers northwestern parts of theIndian subcontinent.






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






36. Guru Ram Das becomes fourth Guru of Sikhs. Akbar annexes Bengal.






37. First Railway estalblished between Bombay and Thane






38. 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)






39. Third Anglo-Maratha War begins






40. Invasions by the Huna.






41. Battle of Chandawar fought between Ghauri and Jaichand of Kannauj. Ghauri defeated Jayachandra and killed him.






42. Indus Valley Civilization






43. Late Harappan Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins - including Cemetery H culture and other cultures.






44. Harshavardhana crowned Monarch.






45. Guru Arjan Dev becomes fifth Guru of Sikhs.






46. Western Chalukya Empire






47. Sena Empire






48. Ochre Coloured Pottery culture






49. Princely states (to 1947)






50. Gajapati Kingdom