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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Vellore Mutiny






2. Ashoka dies and is succeeded by Kunala.






3. Battle of Plassey - Company rule inIndia (to 1857)






4. 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.






5. Dayananda Saraswati is born (to 1883)






6. Battle of Chausa fought between Humayun and Sher Shah Suri in which Humayun defeated. Guru Angad Dev becomes second guru of sikhs.






7. Northern Black Polished Ware






8. Deccan Sultanates






9. Kingdoms of Sri Lanka






10. Swat culture






11. Swami Vivekanand is born (to 1902)






12. Ulugh Khan defeats Prataparudra ending the Kakatiya dynasty






13. Kingdom of Anuradhapura






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






15. Death of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.






16. Earliest evidence for indus valley civilization






17. Ambhi king of Taxila surrenders to Alexander. Porus who ruled parts of the Punjab - fought Alexander at the Battle of the Hydaspes River.






18. Death of Islam Shah.






19. Muslim separatist groups begin campaign of violence in Kashmir.






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






21. Khudiram Bose is born (to 1908)






22. Bukka - the Vijayanagara ruler and his son Kumara Kamapna capture the entire Tamil speaking parts.






23. Middle and Late Vedic period (to 500 BC)






24. Lodi Sultanate






25. Guru Hargobind becomes sixth guru of Sikhs.






26. PortugueseIndia (to 1961)






27. Polonnaruwa Kingdom






28. Ochre Coloured Pottery culture






29. Narayanrao Peshwa is murdered by his uncle Raghunathrao's wife in front of Raghunathrao. Regulating Act of 1773 - Warren Hastings appointed as first Governor-General ofIndia






30. Lala Lajpat Rai is born (to 1928)






31. Ching-Thang Khomba moves Manipur's capital to Kangla






32. Chandragupta I ascends to the Gupta throne.






33. 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)






34. Mahatma Gandhi is born (to 1948)






35. Kingdom of Tambapanni






36. Ala-ud-din Khalji's army under Malik Kafur occupies Devagiri ending the Seuna Yadava Kingdom






37. Forces led by Shivaji defeat Aurangzeb's troops - and establishes Maratha Empire.






38. Kingdom of Ruhuna






39. Vishnukundina Empire






40. Second Anglo-Mysore War ends with the Treaty of Mangalore.






41. British Ceylon






42. Kingdom of Kochi is taken over by the Portuguese creating the first European settlement inIndia.






43. Chandragupta II - Samudragupta's son becomes the Gupta Emperor.






44. (February) Vajpayee makes historic bus trip to Pakistan to meet Premier Nawaz Sharif and to sign bilateral Lahore peace declaration. (May) Tension in Kashmir leads to brief war with Pakistan-backed forces in the icy heights around Kargil inIndian-hel






45. Hindu extremists demolish mosque in Ayodhya - triggering widespread Hindu-Muslim violence.






46. Establishment of theIndo-Scythian kingdom.






47. Mature Harappan Culture






48. Quit India Movement - (Late March) Cripps' mission - (August) Indian National Army Established by Subhas Chandra Bose






49. Direct Action Day/Great Calcutta Killings






50. Deva Kingdom