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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. 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






2. Early modern period






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






4. Kingdom of Kurunegala






5. India explodes first nuclear device in underground test.






6. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War begins.






7. Late Harappan Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins - including Cemetery H culture and other cultures.






8. Akbar annexes Kashmir.






9. Kingdom of Kotte






10. Timur plunders Lahore






11. Aurangzeb invades the Deccan






12. (February) Vajpayee makes historic bus trip to Pakistan to meet Premier Nawaz Sharif and to sign bilateral Lahore peace declaration. (May) Tension in Kashmir leads to brief war with Pakistan-backed forces in the icy heights around Kargil inIndian-hel






13. Kingdom of Kochi is taken over by the Portuguese creating the first European settlement inIndia.






14. Ochre Coloured Pottery culture






15. Kingdom of Yapahuwa






16. The Kalachuris under Bijjala II capture Kalyani






17. 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.






18. Gurjara-Pratihara (to 910)






19. Persian rule in the northwest ends after Darius III is defeated by Alexander the Great - who establishes the Macedonian Empire after inheriting the Persian Achaemenid Empire.






20. Second Anglo-Maratha War ends






21. Maha Janapadas






22. Shahi Empire






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






24. Vishnukundina Empire






25. Second Anglo-Mysore War begins.






26. Kingdom of Upatissa Nuwara






27. Iron age






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






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






30. Conquest of Kalinga






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






32. British Raj (to 1947)






33. 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.






34. Constantinople won By Turkey






35. Satavahana Empire






36. Hindu






37. Kingdom of Kochi is taken over by the Portuguese creating the first European settlement inIndia.






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






39. Early Harappan Culture






40. Kingdom of Kurunegala






41. Tughlaq Sultanate






42. FrenchIndia






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






44. Chalukya Empire






45. Deva Raya II succeeded his father Veera Vijaya Bukka Raya as monarch of the Vijayanagara Empire






46. Indus Valley Civilization






47. Janata Party Splits. Chaudhary Charan Singh becomes Prime Minister.






48. 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.






49. Kakatiya Kingdom






50. Chandragupta II - Samudragupta's son becomes the Gupta Emperor.