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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Sumra Dynasty ends the Arab domination and establishes its own rule over Sindh.






2. Mamluk Sultanate






3. British Raj






4. Congress suffers worst ever electoral defeat as Hindu nationalist BJP emerges as largest single party.






5. Middle and Late Vedic period (to 500 BC)






6. Harsha Empire






7. Ching-Thang Khomba moves Manipur's capital to Kangla






8. Kalinga War takes place between Ashoka and the kingdom of Kalinga. After conquering Kalinga - Ashoka reportedly regrets what he had done - leading him to adopt Buddhism - which then became the quasi-official state religion of the Mauryan Empire.






9. Bardoli Satyagraha






10. Garhwal Kingdom






11. Western Ganga Kingdom






12. Kingdom of Gampola






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






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






15. Gajapati Kingdom






16. Santhal rebellion






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






18. Established first three University of Mumbai - University of Madras and University of Calcutta inIndia






19. Kingdom of Gampola






20. Rigveda (to 1000 BC)






21. B. R. Ambedkar is born (to 1956)






22. Indus Valley Civilization






23. Gakhars kills Muhammad Ghori during a raid on his camp on the Jhelum River






24. 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






25. 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






26. Partition ofIndia






27. Nanda Empire






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






29. Cyrus the Great - founder of the Persian Achaemenid Empire conquers northwestern parts of theIndian subcontinent.






30. First Anglo-Afghan War






31. Ashoka dies and is succeeded by Kunala.






32. Sayyid Sultanate






33. Birth of Adi Shankaracharya






34. Kingdom of Sitawaka






35. Anglo






36. Magadha Kingdom






37. Mughal Empire






38. PortugueseIndia (to 1961)






39. Third Anglo-Maratha War ends with the defeat of Bajirao II and the end of the Maratha Empire leaving the EastIndia Company with control of almost the whole ofIndia






40. Gautam Buddha - founder of Buddhism is born.






41. Deccan Sultanates






42. Troops storm Golden Temple - Sikhs' most holy shrine - to flush out Sikh militants pressing for self-rule. Indira Gandhi assassinated by Sikh bodyguards - following which her son - Rajiv - takes over.






43. Western Ganga Kingdom






44. Invasions by the Huna.






45. Seleucus gives up his territories in the subcontinent (Afghanistan/Baluchistan) to Chandragupta in exchange for 500 elephants. Seleucus offers his daughter in marriage to Chandragupta to seal their friendship.






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






47. 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






48. More than 1000 people are killed in floods and landslides caused by monsoon rains in Mumbai (Bombay) and Maharashtra region.






49. Mahavira passes away.






50. DanishIndia (to 1869)