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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. 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






2. Partition ofIndia






3. Battle of Kannauj fought between Humayun and Sher Shah Suri and Humayun was completely defeated. Humayun lost the Mughal empire to Afghans (Suri Dynasty) - and passed 12 years in exile.






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. Guru Arjan Dev becomes fifth Guru of Sikhs.






6. Deccan Sultanates






7. 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






8. Guru Tegh Bahadur becomes ninth Guru of Sikhs.






9. First Anglo-Afghan War






10. Ashfaqulla Khan is born (to 1927)






11. Classical period






12. Marathas re-captures Delhi and parts of NorthIndia.






13. Vellore Mutiny






14. Rigveda (to 1000 BC)






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






16. Alberuni arrivies inIndia; death of Mahmud of Ghazni






17. First Anglo-Afghan War






18. Shivaji's ill-equipped and small Maratha army defeat mighty Adilshahi troops at the Battle of Pratapgarh in a major upset inIndian history. Shivaji personally kills Adilshahi commander Afzal Khan (general).






19. Western Satraps formed.






20. The Marathas under Holkar and General de Boigne defeat the Rajputs of Jaipur and Mughals at the Battle of Patan - where 3000+ Rajput cavalry is killed and the entire Mughal unit vanquished. The defeat crushes Rajput hope of independence from external






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






22. Santhal rebellion






23. Guru Tegh Bahadur - the ninth Guru of Sikhs is executed in Delhi by the order of Aurangzeb for his support for the Kashmiri Hindus to practice their religion.Guru Gobind Singh becomes tenth Guru of Sikhs.






24. Marathas re-captures Delhi and parts of NorthIndia.






25. Mughal army arrested for the act.






26. Madurai Kingdom






27. DanishIndia






28. Indus Valley Civilization






29. Mahmud Ghazni defeats Tarnochalpal and annexes Punjab






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






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






32. Magadha Kingdom






33. India loses brief border war with China. India won Diu - Daman and Goa from PortugueseIndia.






34. Cancelation of Partition of Bengal - Delhi Durbar Third Time






35. Establishment of theIndo-Scythian kingdom.






36. Gurjara-Pratihara (to 910)






37. Company Raj






38. Kingdom of Yapahuwa






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






40. Genghis Khan invades Punjab






41. Thanjavur Kingdom






42. Eastern Ganga Empire






43. Thanjavur Kingdom






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






45. Shivaji dies of fever at Raigad.






46. Portuguese Ceylon






47. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins. The cities of Harappa - Lothal - Kalibangan - Dholavira - Rakhigarhi and Mohenjo-daro become large metropolises and the civilization expands to over 2 -500 cities and settlements. The civi






48. Ulugh Khan defeats Prataparudra ending the Kakatiya dynasty






49. 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.






50. Kalinga War takes place between Ashoka and the kingdom of Kalinga. After conquering Kalinga - Ashoka reportedly regrets what he had done - leading him to adopt Buddhism - which then became the quasi-official state religion of the Mauryan Empire.