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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Kingdom of Kochi is taken over by the Portuguese creating the first European settlement inIndia.






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






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






4. Pallava Empire






5. British Raj






6. Koch Kingdom






7. 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.






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






9. The Kalachuris under Bijjala II capture Kalyani






10. Zamorin Kingdom






11. Indira Gandhi's Congress Party loses general elections. Janata Party comes to power.Communist party ofIndia comes into power in West Bengal.






12. Chandragupta Maurya defeats Seleucus Nicator of the Seleucid Empire.






13. Marava Kingdom






14. Magadha Kingdom






15. Satavahana Empire






16. Iron age






17. Sikh Empire






18. (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






19. British rule in Burma (to 1947)






20. Second Anglo-Maratha War begins






21. Portuguese Ceylon






22. Invasions by the Huna.






23. Ahom Kingdom






24. Deva Kingdom






25. Invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni






26. Kingdom of Raigama






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






28. FrenchIndia






29. PortugueseIndia






30. Rai Kingdom






31. Portuguese Ceylon






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






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






34. First Railway estalblished between Bombay and Thane






35. Chola Empire






36. Late Harappan Culture






37. Bardoli Satyagraha






38. (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






39. Ashfaqulla Khan is born (to 1927)






40. Ala-ud-din Khalji's army under Malik Kafur occupies Devagiri ending the Seuna Yadava Kingdom






41. PortugueseIndia






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






43. Kingdom of Dambadeniya






44. Guru Amar Das becomes third Guru of Sikhs.






45. Death of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.






46. First Anglo-Sikh Wars (to 1849)






47. Kingdom of Raigama






48. 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)






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






50. 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