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Timeline Of Indian History

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






2. Chief Justice of the Maratha Empire - Ram Shastri passes death sentence against the ruling Peshwa Raghunathrao for murdering his nephew.






3. British Ceylon






4. Gajapati Kingdom






5. Ror Kingdom






6. Tughlaq Sultanate






7. Guru Hargobind becomes sixth guru of Sikhs.






8. Guru Har Krishan becomes eight guru of Sikhs.






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






10. Dutch Ceylon






11. 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.






12. Maurya Empire






13. Kingdom of Yapahuwa






14. Lodi Sultanate






15. Second Anglo-Mysore War begins.






16. Beginning of Vikram Era






17. Guru Gobind Singh - the 10th Guru of Sikhs creates Khalsa - the saint-soldier at Anandpur Sahib - Punjab.






18. All India Forward Bloc Established by Subhas Chandra Bose






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






20. Bahlul Khan Lodhi ascends the throne of the Delhi sultanate starting the Lodhi dynasty






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






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






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






24. India successfully test-fires a nuclear-capable ballistic missile - the Agni - off its eastern coast.






25. Khilji Sultanate






26. Eastern Chalukya Kingdom






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






28. Mehrgarh Culture






29. Established first three University of Mumbai - University of Madras and University of Calcutta inIndia






30. DanishIndia (to 1869)






31. Satavahana Empire






32. Kuninda Kingdom






33. FrenchIndia (to 1954)






34. Late medieval age






35. Shivaji's ill-equipped and small Maratha army defeat mighty Adilshahi troops at the Battle of Pratapgarh in a major upset inIndian history. Shivaji personally kills Adilshahi commander Afzal Khan (general).






36. Timur plunders Lahore






37. Establishment of the Kushan empire by Kujula Kadphises.






38. PortugueseIndia






39. Mallikarjuna Raya succeeds his father Deva Raya II






40. Alberuni arrivies inIndia; death of Mahmud of Ghazni






41. British Raj






42. Aurangzeb invades the Deccan






43. Delhi DurbarFirst time






44. 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)






45. Congress Party wins first general elections under leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru. (to 1952)






46. Yadava Empire






47. Kalyani Chalukyas power at its peak. Vikramaditya VI ushers in Vikrama Chalukya era.






48. Death of Islam Shah.






49. Paramara Kingdom






50. Hindu