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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Death of Nana Fadnavis






2. Sikh Confederacy






3. 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.






4. Indo-Parthian Kingdom






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






6. 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.






7. Death of Sher Shah Suri and succeeded by Islam Shah.






8. Death of Aurangzeb the mughal emperor.






9. Maha-Megha-Vahana Empire






10. Period IV of Mehrgarh ends






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






12. Advent of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu - founder of Gaudiya Vaishnavism and leader of the world's first civil disobedience movement - in Navadwip - West Bengal






13. Started Post Service






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






15. Jehangir announces 'Chain of Justice' outside his palace that anyone can ring the bell and get a personal hearing with the emperor. Jehangir dies - and is succeeded by his son Shah Jahan.






16. Republic Day (India)






17. First Muslim - Md. Bin Qasim defeats Raja Dahir






18. At least 50 people are killed in two simultaneous bomb blasts in Bombay.






19. Colonial period






20. Vellore Mutiny






21. Maha-Megha-Vahana Empire






22. Delhi DurbarFirst time






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






24. Indus Valley Civilization






25. Gurjara-Pratihara (to 910)






26. India successfully test-fires a nuclear-capable ballistic missile - the Agni - off its eastern coast.






27. Sikh Empire






28. Kingdoms of Sri Lanka






29. Early Vedic period (to 1000 BC)






30. 'Victory of Mohammed Ghauri'. Second battle of Tarain fought between Ghauri and Prithivi Raj Chauhan III. Prithvi Raj Chauhan III is defeated by Mhammed Ghori.






31. Champaran and Kheda Satyagraha






32. Kushan Empire






33. Kanva Empire






34. First Anglo-Maratha War begins - in which Haidar Ali of Mysore defeats the combined armies of the EastIndia Company - the Marathas and the Nizam of Hyderabad.






35. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge.






36. The Maratha Peshwa (prime minister) usurps the Maratha kingdom - starting a new dynastic rule based in Pune.






37. Keladi Kingdom






38. Life of Basaveshwara - philosopher and social reformer. (to 1196)






39. Iron age






40. PortugueseIndia (to 1961)






41. Humayun converts from Sunni Islam to Shia Islam - to gain the alliance of the Shah of Persia. Humayun dies - and is succeeded by his son Akbar. Hindu king Hemu establishes 'Hindu Raj' in NorthIndia and bestowed with title of 'Samrat Hem Chandra Vikra






42. Establishment of theIndo-Greek kingdom.






43. Deva Kingdom






44. First Anglo-Afghan War






45. Gautamiputra Satkarni becomes Satavahana emperor and starts Shalivahana era calendar after defeating Scythian king Maues.






46. Vajpayee meets Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in the first summit between the two neighbours in more than two years. The meeting ends without a breakthrough or even a joint statement because of differences over Kashmir.






47. Anglo






48. Death of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.






49. Death of Islam Shah.






50. Chalukya Empire