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Timeline Of Indian History
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1. Vellore Mutiny
1951
1220
September 2001
1806
2. Ashoka dies and is succeeded by Kunala.
650
232 BC
75
1070
3. Battle of Plassey - Company rule inIndia (to 1857)
1818
1757
1798
1803
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.
1606
1320
1779
1565
5. Dayananda Saraswati is born (to 1883)
1347
1134
300 BC
1824 - 12 February
6. Battle of Chausa fought between Humayun and Sher Shah Suri in which Humayun defeated. Guru Angad Dev becomes second guru of sikhs.
250 BC
1992
1539
1820 -
7. Northern Black Polished Ware
1351
1509
700
1443
8. Deccan Sultanates
1490
1992
1497
1924
9. Kingdoms of Sri Lanka
1857 - 10 May
413
543 BC
1526
10. Swat culture
1600
1946 - February
266 BC
1803
11. Swami Vivekanand is born (to 1902)
1863
1805
1565
1300
12. Ulugh Khan defeats Prataparudra ending the Kakatiya dynasty
1526
1820 -
1323
3000
13. Kingdom of Anuradhapura
600 BC
180 BC
377 BC
1875
14. The Maratha Peshwa (prime minister) usurps the Maratha kingdom - starting a new dynastic rule based in Pune.
424
1749
1780
1759
15. Death of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
16 August
1964
7000
1130
16. Earliest evidence for indus valley civilization
200s BC
1485
3400 BCE
250s
17. Ambhi king of Taxila surrenders to Alexander. Porus who ruled parts of the Punjab - fought Alexander at the Battle of the Hydaspes River.
326 BC
September 2001
1760
1581
18. Death of Islam Shah.
1336
1070
350
1554
19. Muslim separatist groups begin campaign of violence in Kashmir.
624
1990
1200 BC
1620
20. Rajiv Gandhi assassinated by suicide bomber sympathetic to Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers. Economic reform programme begun by Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao.
1991
1855 - 30 June
1885 - 28 December
1815
21. Khudiram Bose is born (to 1908)
1206
1370
1889 - 3 December
1565
22. Bukka - the Vijayanagara ruler and his son Kumara Kamapna capture the entire Tamil speaking parts.
1799
1789
1206
1370
23. Middle and Late Vedic period (to 500 BC)
483 BC
2005 July
1000 BC
1681
24. Lodi Sultanate
1503
1451
1950 - 26 January
1497
25. Guru Hargobind becomes sixth guru of Sikhs.
1574
1555
1606
563 BC
26. PortugueseIndia (to 1961)
753
1510
1503
505
27. Polonnaruwa Kingdom
304 BC
1950 - 26 January
300
1600
28. Ochre Coloured Pottery culture
1505
1102
1971
from 2000 BC
29. Narayanrao Peshwa is murdered by his uncle Raghunathrao's wife in front of Raghunathrao. Regulating Act of 1773 - Warren Hastings appointed as first Governor-General ofIndia
450
599 BC
1773
1971
30. Lala Lajpat Rai is born (to 1928)
1865 - 28 January
1906
57 BC
July 2001
31. Ching-Thang Khomba moves Manipur's capital to Kangla
1221
1877 - January
563 BC
1796
32. Chandragupta I ascends to the Gupta throne.
712
1556
1290
320
33. Mauryan Empire is founded by Chandragupta Maurya in Magadha after he defeats the Nanda dynasty and Macedonian Seleucid Empire. Mauryan capital city is Patliputra (Modern Patna in Bihar)
1130
321 BC
1799
1469
34. Mahatma Gandhi is born (to 1948)
1505
1869
230
1628
35. Kingdom of Tambapanni
543
1939
1826
1950 - 26 January
36. Ala-ud-din Khalji's army under Malik Kafur occupies Devagiri ending the Seuna Yadava Kingdom
1600
1310
2600 BC
261 BC
37. Forces led by Shivaji defeat Aurangzeb's troops - and establishes Maratha Empire.
1556
1192
1323
1674
38. Kingdom of Ruhuna
200 AD
185
1434
75
39. Vishnukundina Empire
420
543
1552
1855 - 30 June
40. Second Anglo-Mysore War ends with the Treaty of Mangalore.
1784
1612
1815
1510
41. British Ceylon
489
3000
1815
80 BC
42. Kingdom of Kochi is taken over by the Portuguese creating the first European settlement inIndia.
1083
1443
1947 AD
1503
43. Chandragupta II - Samudragupta's son becomes the Gupta Emperor.
1469
266 BC
1102
380
44. (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
475
3300
1999
1942
45. Hindu extremists demolish mosque in Ayodhya - triggering widespread Hindu-Muslim violence.
1820 -
1708
1992
1905
46. Establishment of theIndo-Scythian kingdom.
1845
80 BC
1675
1572
47. Mature Harappan Culture
1030
1814
2600
1939
48. Quit India Movement - (Late March) Cripps' mission - (August) Indian National Army Established by Subhas Chandra Bose
1325
1942
1486
280
49. Direct Action Day/Great Calcutta Killings
1665
650
200s BC
16 August
50. Deva Kingdom
1991
1606
1200s
1581