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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Maharaja Ranjit Singh establishes Khalsa rule of Punjab from Lahore. Khalsa army liberates Kashmiri Pundits and invades Afghanistan through Khyber Pass.






2. Battle of Talikota results in the rout of Vijayanagara empire.






3. PortugueseIndia






4. Iron age






5. Polonnaruwa Kingdom






6. Eastern Ganga Empire






7. All India Forward Bloc Established by Subhas Chandra Bose






8. Guru Har Krishan becomes eight guru of Sikhs.






9. Princely states (to 1947)






10. Indo-Scythian Kingdom






11. Garhwal Kingdom






12. The Maratha Peshwa (prime minister) usurps the Maratha kingdom - starting a new dynastic rule based in Pune.






13. Kingdom of Gampola






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






15. Lahore Resolution - August offer 1940






16. Eastern Ganga Empire






17. India fires on Pakistani military posts in the heaviest firing along the dividing line of control in Kashmir for almost a year.(NO reference)






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






19. Shishunaga Kingdom






20. Ram Mohan Roy Born (to 1833)






21. Travancore Kingdom






22. Mahatma Gandhi is born (to 1948)






23. Black and Red ware culture






24. '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.






25. Sikh Confederacy






26. Deva Raya II succeeded his father Veera Vijaya Bukka Raya as monarch of the Vijayanagara Empire






27. Earliest evidence for indus valley civilization






28. Aurangzeb invades the Deccan






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






30. Reddy Kingdom






31. 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






32. Kuninda Kingdom






33. First Anglo-Sikh Wars (to 1849)






34. Vajpayee's BJP party declines his offer to resign over a number of political scandals and the apparent failure of his talks with Pakistani President Musharraf.






35. Magadha Kingdom






36. All India Forward Bloc Established by Subhas Chandra Bose






37. Ulugh Khan defeats Prataparudra ending the Kakatiya dynasty






38. Proposed death date of Gautama Buddha.






39. 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.






40. British Raj






41. 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.






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






43. Ulugh Khan defeats Prataparudra ending the Kakatiya dynasty






44. Ashoka the Great regarded as the greatest ancientIndian emperor - grandson of Chandragupta Maurya - ascends as emperor of the Mauryan Empire.






45. Mahavira - 24th Tirthankar of Jainism is born (traditional date).






46. EastIndia company is formed in England. Gets exclusive trading rights withIndia.






47. Black and Red ware culture






48. Mysore Kingdom






49. Kadamba Empire






50. Mughal army arrested for the act.