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Timeline Of Indian History
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1. Khilji Sultanate
2000
1290
230 BC
1003-1320 AD
2. Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh state kill more than 50 policemen in a dawn attack.
230
2003 August
1946 - February
March 2007
3. Last invasion of Mahmud Ghazni - sacked and destroyed temple of Somnath
1024
750
300
1453
4. Kingdoms of Sri Lanka
February 2002
300 BC
543 BC
1565
5. Solanki Kingdom
1510
563 BC
942
3300 BC
6. Chandra Vidyasagar is born (to 1891)
1300
1820 -
1499
1700
7. Quit India Movement - (Late March) Cripps' mission - (August) Indian National Army Established by Subhas Chandra Bose
1917
1497
1789
1942
8. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins. The civilization used an early form of theIndus signs - the so-calledIndus script.
1760
1102
1300
2800 BC
9. Eastern Ganga Empire
1628
1990
850
1078
10. First Anglo-Afghan War
1839
300 BC
1780
3400 BCE
11. Constantinople won By Turkey
1453
3300
1777
450 BC
12. Maurya Empire
624
1984
321
1897 - 23 January
13. Congress suffers worst ever electoral defeat as Hindu nationalist BJP emerges as largest single party.
35
1228
1707
1996
14. Mahmud Ghazni defeats Tarnochalpal and annexes Punjab
March 2007
1021
1424
1867
15. Western Satraps formed.
1803
November 2008
35
250s BC
16. Yadava Empire
78
1497
350
850
17. Harshavardhana crowned Monarch.
1586
1857 - 10 May
606
1555
18. Kingdom of Dambadeniya
590
527 BC
1220
1078
19. Royal Indian Navy Mutiny - (March) Cabinet Mission
1946 - February
250
1505
413
20. Dayananda Saraswati is born (to 1883)
753
1824 - 12 February
232 BC
2000
21. Rajaram Chhatrapati died
505
35
1700
240
22. Nearly 200 people are killed and hundreds injured in a series of co-ordinated attacks by gunmen on the main tourist and business area ofIndia's financial capital Mumbai.India blames militants from Pakistan for the attacks and demands that Islamabad t
November 2008
1483
489
1839
23. Kalabhras Empire
December 2001
200s BC
1764
250
24. Garhwal Kingdom
1784
1336
1358
1764
25. Lohara Kingdom
1200
1134
1003-1320 AD
1412
26. Siddharta Gautama 'Buddha' of the Shakya polity in S. Nepal - founds Buddhism (older date - 563
400 BC
1757
1780
1775
27. Central Assembly Bombed by Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt. Purna Swaraj resolution.
1929
261 BC
300 BC
1845
28. Vijayanagara Empire
35
563 BC
1605
1336
29. Ghadar conspiracy - Provisional Government of India formed in Kabul. Gandhiji Return toIndia.
1915
700
1815
1811
30. Kamarupa Kingdom
1814
350
1803
1674
31. India explodes first nuclear device in underground test.
1991
505
321
1974
32. PortugueseIndia
1917
260 BC
1510
788
33. Nripatunga Amoghavarsha I becomes Rashtrakuta emperor. Kannada literature flourishes.
1919
538 BC
814
1795
34. B. R. Ambedkar is born (to 1956)
1891
273 BC
1424
1674
35. Guru Amar Das becomes third Guru of Sikhs.
1540
400 BC
1818
1552
36. Marathas comprehensively defeat the Nizam - Maratha Empire reaches its zenith.
1228
1760
1777
1300
37. Durrani Empire
1747
1903
1948 - 30 January
413
38. Huna Kingdom
1552
1600
475
1757
39. Hindustan Socialist Republican Association formed.
1924
1799
1000 BC
475
40. Second Anglo-Maratha War ends
1805
1856
1630
1839
41. Kanva Empire
75
1200 BC
2800 BC
500s
42. DutchIndia
1572
1774
1979
1605
43. The Marathas are routed in the Third Battle of Panipat on 14 January 1761 - by the Afghans led by Ahmad Shah Durrani - an ethnic Pashtun - also known as Ahmad Shah Abdali. The battle is considered one of the largest battles fought in the 18th century
1761
1777
1497
10
44. Sayyid Sultanate
261 BC
1414
321
March 2007
45. Ram Mohan Roy Born (to 1833)
1674
1559
1772
1902
46. Travancore Kingdom
1700
1497
1980
1729
47. Indira Gandhi's Congress Party loses general elections. Janata Party comes to power.Communist party ofIndia comes into power in West Bengal.
1977
1200 BC
1780
450
48. Deccan Sultanates
1490
1351
1779
1940
49. Satavahana Empire
230
1508
800
1554
50. FrenchIndia (to 1954)
629
1644
1759
1775