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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Chief Justice of the Maratha Empire - Ram Shastri passes death sentence against the ruling Peshwa Raghunathrao for murdering his nephew.






2. Samudragupta ascends the Gupta throne and expands the empire.






3. Third Anglo-Maratha War begins






4. Mature Harappan Culture






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






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






7. Guru Har Krishan becomes eight guru of Sikhs.






8. Mamluk Sultanate






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






10. Veera Ballala III killed at the Battle of Madurai.






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






12. FrenchIndia (to 1954)






13. Guru Har Rai becomes seventh guru of Sikhs - Shivaji takes oath ofIndependence at Raireshwar.






14. Thanjavur Kingdom






15. First Anglo-Afghan War






16. Colonial period






17. Badami Chalukya power at its peak. Pulakesi II pushes north up to the Narmada and defeats the invading Harshavardhana of Kanauj






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






19. Harsha Empire






20. Kuninda Kingdom established. Tholkappiyam describes the grammar and morphology of Tamil; it is the oldest existing Tamil grammar (dates vary between 200 BCE and 100 CE). (to 100 BC)






21. Portuguese Ceylon






22. Mughal army arrested for the act.






23. Swat culture






24. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins. The civilization used an early form of theIndus signs - the so-calledIndus script.






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






26. FrenchIndia (to 1954)






27. Gurjara-Pratihara (to 910)






28. Second Anglo-Maratha War ends






29. Black and Red ware culture






30. Simon Commission






31. Invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni






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






33. Marathas comprehensively defeat the Nizam - Maratha Empire reaches its zenith.






34. Establishment of theIndo-Scythian kingdom.






35. Gajapati Kingdom






36. First Anglo-Sikh Wars (to 1849)






37. Sikh Empire






38. Ram Mohan Roy Born (to 1833)






39. Company Raj






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






41. Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act - 1856 - (23 July) Bal Gangadhar Tilak is born (to 1920) - (20 August) Narayana Guru is born (to 1928)






42. Conquest of Kalinga






43. Haryanka Kingdom






44. 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)






45. Deccan Sultanates






46. Ochre Coloured Pottery culture






47. Kalachuri Empire






48. Sikh Empire






49. Dutch Ceylon






50. PortugueseIndia (to 1961)