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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Quit India Movement - (Late March) Cripps' mission - (August) Indian National Army Established by Subhas Chandra Bose






2. Guru Har Krishan becomes eight guru of Sikhs.






3. Kingdom of Gampola






4. Death of Aurangzeb the mughal emperor.






5. 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.






6. Ashfaqulla Khan is born (to 1927)






7. Poona Pact - (4 August) Communal Award - (November






8. Eastern Ganga Empire






9. Lala Lajpat Rai is born (to 1928)






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






11. Third Anglo-Maratha War begins






12. Second war with Pakistan over Kashmir.






13. Dilawar Khan establishes the Malwa Sultanate in present-day northernIndia






14. Guru Arjan Dev becomes fifth Guru of Sikhs.






15. Anushilan Samiti - organized revolutionary association formed.






16. Siddharta Gautama 'Buddha' of the Shakya polity in S. Nepal - founds Buddhism (older date - 563






17. Earliest evidence for indus valley civilization






18. Pala Empire






19. Indian National Congress Eshtablished






20. Guru Hargobind becomes sixth guru of Sikhs.






21. Chandra Vidyasagar is born (to 1891)






22. 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






23. Guru Amar Das becomes third Guru of Sikhs.






24. Late medieval age






25. British Ceylon






26. Battle of Diu marks the beginning of the dominance of the Europeans in the Asian naval theater.






27. Keladi Kingdom






28. 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






29. Ghadar conspiracy - Provisional Government of India formed in Kabul. Gandhiji Return toIndia.






30. 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






31. Shah Jahan completes Taj Mahal - Jama Masjid[disambiguation needed] - and RedFort. Imperial treasuries drained by architectural and military overexpenditures. Shah Jahan dies - and is succeeded by his son Aurangzeb.






32. 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.






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






34. BritishIndia (to 1947) EastIndia Company (to 1757)






35. 'Atmiya Sabha' Established Later on known as 'Prarthana Samaj' By Raja Ram Mohan Roy






36. Kingdom of Kurunegala






37. British rule in Burma (to 1947)






38. Chandra Vidyasagar is born (to 1891)






39. Kakatiya Kingdom






40. Kakori conspiracy






41. Second Anglo-Maratha War ends






42. Death of Islam Shah.






43. Iron age






44. India fires on Pakistani military posts in the heaviest firing along the dividing line of control in Kashmir for almost a year.(NO reference)






45. Chola Empire






46. Battle of Buxar






47. Babur bribes Mewar general Silhadi promising Silhadi a kingdom - if Silhadi betrays Mewar King Rana Sanga in Battle of Khanwa - thus leading to the annexation of Mewar.






48. Kamarupa Kingdom






49. Magadha Kingdom






50. Ror Kingdom







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