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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Chitradurga Kingdom






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






3. Yadava Empire






4. Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind - the Provisional Government of FreeIndia formed by Netaji.






5. Sikh Confederacy






6. 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






7. Central Assembly Bombed by Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt. Purna Swaraj resolution.






8. Mahavira passes away.






9. Maitraka Empire






10. Akbar the Great annexes Gujarat - also shifts the Mughal capital to Fatehpur Sikri where a new township and citadel containing buildings of a unique all-India character






11. Anushilan Samiti - organized revolutionary association formed.






12. Suicide squad attacks parliament in New Delhi - killing several police. The five gunmen die in the assault. India imposes sanctions against Pakistan - to force it to take action against two Kashmir militant groups blamed for the suicide attack on par






13. Beginning of Vikram Era






14. Gadar Party formed.






15. Western Ganga Kingdom






16. 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.






17. First Anglo-Afghan War






18. The Pandyan king sends ambassadors to the Greek and Roman lands.






19. Establishment of Rashtrakuta Kingdom of Manyakhet by Danti Durga by defeating Chalukyas of Badami






20. Non-cooperation movementKhilafat Movement






21. First Anglo-Sikh Wars (to 1849)






22. First Muslim - Md. Bin Qasim defeats Raja Dahir






23. Stone age






24. Kingdoms of Sri Lanka






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






26. Period IV of Mehrgarh ends






27. Died Tatya Tope






28. British rule in Burma (to 1947)






29. Nanda Empire






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






31. Indo-Parthian Kingdom






32. Ashoka begins displaying religious tolerance - grants animal rights - builds hospitals for people and animals - treats his subjects as equals regardless of caste or creed - and promotes non-violence and republicanism. Ashoka inscribes the Edicts of A






33. Mughal army arrested for the act.






34. Massive earthquakes hit the western state of Gujarat - leaving at least 30000 dead.






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






36. Sayyid Sultanate






37. 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






38. Birth of Adi Shankaracharya






39. Zafar Khan - governor of Gujarat - declares himself as Sultan Muzaffar Shah founding the Gujarat Sultanate/Muzaffarid dynasty






40. Reddy Kingdom






41. Establishment of theIndo-Greek kingdom.






42. Poona Pact - (4 August) Communal Award - (November






43. Third Anglo-Maratha War begins






44. First Anglo-Maratha War begins - in which Haidar Ali of Mysore defeats the combined armies of the EastIndia Company - the Marathas and the Nizam of Hyderabad.






45. DanishIndia (to 1869)






46. The Christian-Islamic power struggle in Europe and the Middle East. Spills over into theIndian Ocean as Battle of Chaul during the Portuguese-Mamluk War






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






48. Kamarupa Kingdom






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






50. Hoysala Empire