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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Kingdom of Tambapanni






2. Magadha Kingdom






3. Guru Granth Sahib becomes Guru of Sikhs.






4. Conquest of Kalinga






5. Ahmadnagar declares independence - followed by Bijapur and Berar in the same year thus breaking up the Bahmani Sultanate.






6. Marava Kingdom






7. Huna Kingdom






8. Nanda Empire






9. Died Tatya Tope






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






11. Constantinople won By Turkey






12. 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.






13. Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh state kill more than 50 policemen in a dawn attack.






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






15. Nehru's daughterIndira Gandhi becomes prime minister.






16. 'Arya Samaj' Established - Aligarh Muslim University






17. 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






18. Guru Arjan Dev becomes fifth Guru of Sikhs.






19. Lodi Sultanate






20. Death of Nana Fadnavis






21. Babur completes his Baburnama - reflecting on society - politics - economics - history - geography - nature - flora and fauna - which to this day is a standard textbook in 25 countries. Babur dies - and is succeeded by his son Humayun.






22. Khilji Sultanate






23. Kingdom of Kandy






24. Khilji Sultanate






25. Indian Rebellion of 1857






26. Lala Lajpat Rai is born (to 1928)






27. 'Victory of Prithviraj Chauhan'.First battle of Tarain between Mohammed Ghori and Prithviraj III. Ghauri is defeated by Prithivi Raj Chauhan III.






28. First Anglo-Sikh Wars (to 1849)






29. Humayun regained the throne of Delhi from the hands of weak successors of Sher Shah.






30. Delhi conspiracy case






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






32. Sikh Empire






33. Abdur Razzaq visitsIndia






34. Iron age






35. Invasions by the Huna.






36. British Ceylon






37. '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.






38. Princely states (to 1947)






39. Delhi Sultanate






40. First Muslim mosque inIndia constructed in kerala by malik dheenar






41. PortugueseIndia (to 1961)






42. Kingdom of Kurunegala






43. Third Anglo-Mysore War begins.






44. 'Atmiya Sabha' Established Later on known as 'Prarthana Samaj' By Raja Ram Mohan Roy






45. 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






46. Period IV of Mehrgarh ends






47. India deploys troops for peacekeeping operation in Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict.






48. Stone age






49. Other states






50. 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)