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Timeline Of Indian History
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1. Ashoka begins displaying religious tolerance - grants animal rights - builds hospitals for people and animals - treats his subjects as equals regardless of caste or creed - and promotes non-violence and republicanism. Ashoka inscribes the Edicts of A
1665
1134
260 BC
450 BC
2. Early modern period
750
1526
1803
3400 BCE
3. Forces led by Shivaji defeat Aurangzeb's troops - and establishes Maratha Empire.
1398
1630
1102
1674
4. Kingdom of Kurunegala
1665
1858
1293
1855 - 30 June
5. India explodes first nuclear device in underground test.
1206
1600
1903
1974
6. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War begins.
1500 BC
1798
1540
1341
7. Late Harappan Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins - including Cemetery H culture and other cultures.
1707
629
1863
1900 BC
8. Akbar annexes Kashmir.
1586
80 BC
1656
1336
9. Kingdom of Kotte
1412
1347
230
1853
10. Timur plunders Lahore
1749
1509
1398
489
11. Aurangzeb invades the Deccan
450
1964
1920
1681
12. (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
1914
1999
1705
261 BC
13. Kingdom of Kochi is taken over by the Portuguese creating the first European settlement inIndia.
377 BC
1446
October 2001
1503
14. Ochre Coloured Pottery culture
from 2000 BC
260 BC
1665
1823
15. Kingdom of Yapahuwa
1272
1940
1665
1779
16. The Kalachuris under Bijjala II capture Kalyani
1947 - July
1157
1000 BC
700
17. 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.
1675
1658
1708
1951
18. Gurjara-Pratihara (to 910)
1987
836
200 BC
1759
19. Persian rule in the northwest ends after Darius III is defeated by Alexander the Great - who establishes the Macedonian Empire after inheriting the Persian Achaemenid Empire.
1021
333 BC
1681
3400 BCE
20. Second Anglo-Maratha War ends
232 BC
1845
1680
1805
21. Maha Janapadas
1644
563 BC
700
1818
22. Shahi Empire
500s
1990
240
1559
23. The Maratha Peshwa (prime minister) usurps the Maratha kingdom - starting a new dynastic rule based in Pune.
1206
1759
1765
1749
24. Vishnukundina Empire
1845
1939
1407
420
25. Second Anglo-Mysore War begins.
1772
1817
300 BC
1780
26. Kingdom of Upatissa Nuwara
1424
333 BC
505
1917
27. Iron age
1200
1497
2000
1000
28. Subhas Chandra Bose calls Mahatma Gandhi as the Father of the Nation.
September 2001
1944
1424
60
29. Second Anglo-Mysore War ends with the Treaty of Mangalore.
1606
1784
1903
1674
30. Conquest of Kalinga
304 BC
300 BC
261 BC
400 BC
31. Middle and Late Vedic period (to 500 BC)
600 BC
265 BC
1000 BC
1900 BC
32. British Raj (to 1947)
1729
1451
1858
1600
33. 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.
1947 - July
1765
1863
1779
34. Constantinople won By Turkey
1453
3300 BC
21
180 BC
35. Satavahana Empire
1924
230
December 2001
942
36. Hindu
1903
1914
350
1221
37. Kingdom of Kochi is taken over by the Portuguese creating the first European settlement inIndia.
1347
1503
712
350 BC
38. India deploys troops for peacekeeping operation in Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict.
1796
1987
1977
180 BC
39. Early Harappan Culture
1977
1909
3300
1443
40. Kingdom of Kurunegala
1293
1070
2800 BC
1863
41. Tughlaq Sultanate
1917
333 BC
1784
1320
42. FrenchIndia
1490
December 2001
1681
1759
43. Gakhars kills Muhammad Ghori during a raid on his camp on the Jhelum River
300 BC
1206
November 2008
1058
44. Chalukya Empire
185
543
1398
1581
45. Deva Raya II succeeded his father Veera Vijaya Bukka Raya as monarch of the Vijayanagara Empire
1510
1424
230
1780
46. Indus Valley Civilization
1917
2000
3300
2600
47. Janata Party Splits. Chaudhary Charan Singh becomes Prime Minister.
788
1979
1902
1764
48. 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.
1510
1336
1775
1777
49. Kakatiya Kingdom
1975
1916
1083
1290
50. Chandragupta II - Samudragupta's son becomes the Gupta Emperor.
261 BC
380
1795
1515