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Timeline Of Indian History

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






2. Kamarupa Kingdom






3. Falling public support leads to Congress defeat in general election.






4. Bronze age






5. Chandra Vidyasagar is born (to 1891)






6. Birth of Shivaji Maharaj.






7. Swami Vivekanand is born (to 1902)






8. Satavahana Empire






9. Deva Kingdom






10. British rule in Burma (to 1947)






11. Lala Lajpat Rai is born (to 1928)






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






13. Subhas Chandra Bose calls Mahatma Gandhi as the Father of the Nation.






14. Mysore Kingdom






15. Maitraka Empire






16. Earliest evidence for indus valley civilization






17. Conquest of Kalinga






18. Kingdoms of Sri Lanka






19. Sumra Dynasty ends the Arab domination and establishes its own rule over Sindh.






20. Battle of Diu marks the beginning of the dominance of the Europeans in the Asian naval theater.






21. Indira Gandhi's Congress Party loses general elections. Janata Party comes to power.Communist party ofIndia comes into power in West Bengal.






22. BJP forms coalition government under Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee. India carries out nuclear tests - leading to widespread international condemnation.






23. Troops storm Golden Temple - Sikhs' most holy shrine - to flush out Sikh militants pressing for self-rule. Indira Gandhi assassinated by Sikh bodyguards - following which her son - Rajiv - takes over.






24. Zamorin Kingdom






25. Second war with Pakistan over Kashmir.






26. Kushan Empire






27. Mamluk Sultanate






28. The Mauryan Empire - which shrunk considerably - collapsed after its emperor Brihadrata was assassinated by his general Pusyamitra Sunga who then established the Sunga dynasty.






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






30. Nehru's daughterIndira Gandhi becomes prime minister.






31. 'Prarthana Samaj' Established Earlier known as 'Atmiya Sabha'






32. Life of Basaveshwara - philosopher and social reformer. (to 1196)






33. Western Satrap Empire






34. Death of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.






35. Third Anglo-Mysore War ends.






36. Nanda Empire






37. BJP forms coalition government under Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee. India carries out nuclear tests - leading to widespread international condemnation.






38. Khizr Khan - deputized by Timur to be the governor of Multan takes over Delhi founding the Sayyid dynasty






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






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






41. Constantinople won By Turkey






42. Eastern Ganga Empire






43. Third Anglo-Mysore War begins.






44. Indo-Sassanid Kingdom






45. Maratha Empire






46. Gakhars kills Muhammad Ghori during a raid on his camp on the Jhelum River






47. Second Anglo-Mysore War begins.






48. 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






49. Chandra Vidyasagar is born (to 1891)






50. Sri-Gupta starts the Gupta Empire in Magadha - with its capital in Patliputra