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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Salt Satyagraha - Round Table Conferences (India) First - civil disobedience movement






2. Died Tatya Tope






3. Vajpayee's BJP party declines his offer to resign over a number of political scandals and the apparent failure of his talks with Pakistani President Musharraf.






4. Indo-Parthian Kingdom






5. Death of Yashwantrao Holkar






6. IndianIndependence Act 1947 by British Raj. Partition ofIndia - Freedom from British Raj. Hundreds of thousands die in widespread communal bloodshed after partition. (to 1948)






7. Death of Islam Shah.






8. Eastern Ganga Empire






9. Satavahana Empire






10. Kingdom of Dambadeniya






11. Kadamba Empire






12. Gajapati Kingdom






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






14. Delhi conspiracy case






15. Nanda Empire






16. Life of Basaveshwara - philosopher and social reformer. (to 1196)






17. FrenchIndia (to 1954)






18. Guru Gobind Singh - the 10th Guru of Sikhs creates Khalsa - the saint-soldier at Anandpur Sahib - Punjab.






19. Sultan Ibrahim Lodi - of the Delhi Sultanate - angers local nobles - who respond by inviting Babur - the Mughal ruler of Kabul - to invade Delhi and Agra. The local population - plus the possession of artillery - assists Babur in killing the Sultan (






20. 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






21. Republic Day (India)






22. Delhi Sultanate






23. Constantinople won By Turkey






24. Vakataka Empire






25. Early modern period






26. 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






27. District collectors in Bengal were made responsible for settling the revenue and collecting it.






28. Gupta Empire






29. Started Post Service






30. Third war with Pakistan over creation of Bangladesh - formerly East Pakistan. Twenty-year treaty of friendship signed with Soviet Union.






31. Chalukya Empire






32. Satavahana Empire






33. Pala Empire






34. Abdur Razzaq visitsIndia






35. 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.






36. Kingdom of Ruhuna






37. Kingdom of Kotte






38. Ashoka conquers and unifies most of South Asia - along with Afghanistan and eastern Iran.






39. Gurjara Pratihara Empire






40. Vijayanagara Empire established by Harihara I and his brother Bukka Raya I






41. Sultan Ibrahim Lodi - of the Delhi Sultanate - angers local nobles - who respond by inviting Babur - the Mughal ruler of Kabul - to invade Delhi and Agra. The local population - plus the possession of artillery - assists Babur in killing the Sultan (






42. Guru Ram Das becomes fourth Guru of Sikhs. Akbar annexes Bengal.






43. Bahlul Khan Lodhi ascends the throne of the Delhi sultanate starting the Lodhi dynasty






44. Constantinople won By Turkey






45. Rashtrakuta Empire






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






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






48. Battle of Chausa fought between Humayun and Sher Shah Suri in which Humayun defeated. Guru Angad Dev becomes second guru of sikhs.






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






50. Last invasion of Mahmud Ghazni - sacked and destroyed temple of Somnath