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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Indo-Greek Kingdom






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






3. Rai Kingdom






4. Shahi Empire






5. Thondaiman Kingdom






6. Ashoka dies and is succeeded by Kunala.






7. Mehrgarh Culture






8. Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh state kill more than 50 policemen in a dawn attack.






9. Sunga Empire






10. Company Raj






11. Early modern period






12. 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.






13. Proposed death date of Gautama Buddha.






14. Pala Empire






15. Guru Har Krishan becomes eight guru of Sikhs.






16. Death of Sher Shah Suri and succeeded by Islam Shah.






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. Genghis Khan invades Punjab






19. Republic Day (India)






20. Vajpayee meets Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in the first summit between the two neighbours in more than two years. The meeting ends without a breakthrough or even a joint statement because of differences over Kashmir.






21. Kingdom of Gampola






22. Delhi conspiracy case






23. Early Harappan Culture






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






25. Lahore Resolution - August offer 1940






26. Indo-Scythian Kingdom






27. Establishment of theIndo-Greek kingdom.






28. Establishment of the Kushan empire by Kujula Kadphises.






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






30. Gajapati Kingdom






31. Khilji Sultanate






32. Samma Dynasty assumes rule over Sindh






33. 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






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






35. Kingdom of Sitawaka






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






37. Panini - a resident of Gandhara - describes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit.






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






39. Ror Kingdom






40. Northern Black Polished Ware






41. Durrani Empire






42. Mughal army arrested for the act.






43. Nanda Empire






44. 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.






45. Swat culture






46. First Anglo-Maratha War






47. Kingdom of Kurunegala






48. Western Ganga Kingdom






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






50. Jugantar formed. 30 December - Muslim League formed in Dacca.