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Timeline Of Indian History
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1. 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 (
250
1526
326 BC
1798
2. Tughlaq Sultanate
1658
1320
629
1605
3. Aurangzeb invades the Deccan
629
750
1974
1681
4. Mughal Empire
1505
200 AD
700
1526
5. India successfully test-fires a nuclear-capable ballistic missile - the Agni - off its eastern coast.
1644
January 2002
2000
1824 - 12 February
6. 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)
321 BC
78
1083
January 2002
7. Poona Pact - (4 August) Communal Award - (November
21
200 BC
1932 - 24 September
500s
8. Haryanka Kingdom
230 BC
753
684
1964
9. Shishunaga Kingdom
413
1347
1526
1839
10. Polonnaruwa Kingdom
1508
300
1659
335
11. Magadha Kingdom
500
1030
1526
1505
12. Ror Kingdom
1559
2003 August
629
450 BC
13. Seleucus gives up his territories in the subcontinent (Afghanistan/Baluchistan) to Chandragupta in exchange for 500 elephants. Seleucus offers his daughter in marriage to Chandragupta to seal their friendship.
1966
1443
304 BC
1696
14. Deva Raya II succeeded his father Veera Vijaya Bukka Raya as monarch of the Vijayanagara Empire
1675
1705
1424
1401
15. Kingdom of Yapahuwa
1341
1300
1661
1272
16. Eastern Chalukya Kingdom
1799
1928
300 BC
624
17. Kalinga War takes place between Ashoka and the kingdom of Kalinga. After conquering Kalinga - Ashoka reportedly regrets what he had done - leading him to adopt Buddhism - which then became the quasi-official state religion of the Mauryan Empire.
750
265 BC
1554
1795
18. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War begins.
500
1798
624
1859 - 18 April
19. Santhal rebellion
1855 - 30 June
1863
250s
650
20. Delhi conspiracy case
1658
1912
1572
1194
21. Swami Vivekanand is born (to 1902)
1586
1863
1555
1764
22. Vellore Mutiny
1708
1806
1818
1856
23. Conquest of Kalinga
261 BC
1990
1206
1824 - 12 February
24. Deva Kingdom
350 BC
1336
1228
1200s
25. Indo-Sassanid Kingdom
1700
230
380
300 BC
26. Ahmadnagar declares independence - followed by Bijapur and Berar in the same year thus breaking up the Bahmani Sultanate.
1556
265 BC
1490
7000
27. Bronze age
3000
350
1784
1323
28. Humayun converts from Sunni Islam to Shia Islam - to gain the alliance of the Shah of Persia. Humayun dies - and is succeeded by his son Akbar. Hindu king Hemu establishes 'Hindu Raj' in NorthIndia and bestowed with title of 'Samrat Hem Chandra Vikra
305 BC
1931 - March
78
1556
29. Rai Kingdom
1891
489
1729
10
30. 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.
1999
10
1526
333 BC
31. 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
December 2001
1818
1336
1070
32. Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind - the Provisional Government of FreeIndia formed by Netaji.
1656
1343
1674
1943
33. Muslim separatist groups begin campaign of violence in Kashmir.
65 BC
650
527 BC
1990
34. Muslim separatist groups begin campaign of violence in Kashmir.
261 BC
1900 - 22 October
1951
1990
35. Kalabhras Empire
250
1200
500
1628
36. Nanda Empire
1760
1856
1083
424
37. Mahatma Gandhi is born (to 1948)
1869
1889 - 3 December
1775
1811
38. Kadamba Empire
345
2000
1806
1700
39. Birth of Shivaji Maharaj.
1630
1497
1485
1806
40. Kuninda Kingdom
1914
200s BC
500s
305 BC
41. Third Anglo-Mysore War begins.
1951
1789
1917
1784
42. Pallava Empire
1644
250 BC
1773
1658
43. Second Anglo-Mysore War begins.
1780
1909
1555
1157
44. 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
1799
1192
1796
1757
45. Partition ofIndia
1555
1947 AD
November 2008
1920
46. Alberuni arrivies inIndia; death of Mahmud of Ghazni
1336
1857 - 10 May
1917
1030
47. First Muslim - Md. Bin Qasim defeats Raja Dahir
1818
712
1900 - 22 October
1401
48. Sunga Empire
1759
185
1443
1817
49. Indo-Greek Kingdom
250s
1790
180 BC
1799
50. Earliest evidence for indus valley civilization
1336
1606
1605
3400 BCE