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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Governor Hasan Gangu revolts against Muhammad bin Tughluq founding the Bahmani Sultanate






2. Late medieval age






3. Western Satraps formed.






4. Hindustan Socialist Republican Association formed.






5. Sena Empire






6. Khudiram Bose is born (to 1908)






7. Polonnaruwa Kingdom






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






9. Ashoka the Great regarded as the greatest ancientIndian emperor - grandson of Chandragupta Maurya - ascends as emperor of the Mauryan Empire.






10. Garhwal Kingdom






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






12. 'Victory of Prithviraj Chauhan'.First battle of Tarain between Mohammed Ghori and Prithviraj III. Ghauri is defeated by Prithivi Raj Chauhan III.






13. Vasco de Gama's first voyage from Europe toIndia and back (to 1499)






14. Western Chalukya Empire






15. Gadar Party formed.






16. Akbar annexes Kashmir.






17. US lifts sanctions which it imposed againstIndia and Pakistan after they staged nuclear tests in 1998. The move is seen as a reward for their support for the US-led anti-terror campaign.






18. Battle of Buxar






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






20. Durrani Empire






21. Humayun regained the throne of Delhi from the hands of weak successors of Sher Shah.






22. DutchIndia






23. Gurjara Pratihara Empire






24. Champaran and Kheda Satyagraha






25. Portuguese land on the Coromandel Coast






26. Kingdom of Kotte






27. Kingdom of Ruhuna






28. Garhwal Kingdom






29. Central Assembly Bombed by Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt. Purna Swaraj resolution.






30. Massive earthquakes hit the western state of Gujarat - leaving at least 30000 dead.






31. Nehru's daughterIndira Gandhi becomes prime minister.






32. Bronze age






33. First Anglo-Maratha War






34. 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.






35. Harsha Empire






36. Shivaji dies of fever at Raigad.






37. Kingdom of Kandy






38. Kuninda Kingdom established. Tholkappiyam describes the grammar and morphology of Tamil; it is the oldest existing Tamil grammar (dates vary between 200 BCE and 100 CE). (to 100 BC)






39. Maharaja Ranjit Singh establishes Khalsa rule of Punjab from Lahore. Khalsa army liberates Kashmiri Pundits and invades Afghanistan through Khyber Pass.






40. Early Vedic period (to 1000 BC)






41. Lodi Sultanate






42. Babur completes his Baburnama - reflecting on society - politics - economics - history - geography - nature - flora and fauna - which to this day is a standard textbook in 25 countries. Babur dies - and is succeeded by his son Humayun.






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






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






45. Kingdom of Anuradhapura






46. Gurjara-Pratihara (to 910)






47. Kingdom of Tambapanni






48. The Mauryan Empire - which shrunk considerably - collapsed after its emperor Brihadrata was assassinated by his general Pusyamitra Sunga who then established the Sunga dynasty.






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






50. Lohara Kingdom