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Timeline Of Indian History
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1. Second Anglo-Mysore War ends with the Treaty of Mangalore.
200 AD
1784
1869
1900 - 22 October
2. Lahore Resolution - August offer 1940
1940
1799
380
1675
3. 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.
1795
180 BC
350 BC
1700
4. Rajaram Chhatrapati died
475
1700
1811
1555
5. Koch Kingdom
1915
1515
1823
1574
6. Kamarupa Kingdom
1358
350
1559
2600 BC
7. Ghadar conspiracy - Provisional Government of India formed in Kabul. Gandhiji Return toIndia.
1925
1858
35
1915
8. PortugueseIndia (to 1961)
1414
1510
1857 - 10 May
1824 - 12 February
9. Magadha Kingdom
1530
September 2001
850
500
10. Western Satrap Empire
1999
1845
35
1605
11. Vishnukundina Empire
420
1681
240
1505
12. Mature Harappan Culture
2600
1200 BC
1521
836
13. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War begins.
1798
2001
1853
1347
14. Janata Party Splits. Chaudhary Charan Singh becomes Prime Minister.
1469
1443
1979
1630
15. Genghis Khan invades Punjab
2003 August
1221
1515
1510
16. India successfully test-fires a nuclear-capable ballistic missile - the Agni - off its eastern coast.
280
January 2002
10
1612
17. Babur bribes Mewar general Silhadi promising Silhadi a kingdom - if Silhadi betrays Mewar King Rana Sanga in Battle of Khanwa - thus leading to the annexation of Mewar.
1853 - 16 April
1527
1191
684
18. The Pandyan king sends ambassadors to the Greek and Roman lands.
2000
65 BC
March 2007
1486
19. Harsha Empire
1906
1424
590
836
20. Chandragupta Maurya defeats Seleucus Nicator of the Seleucid Empire.
1859 - 18 April
35
543
305 BC
21. Vedic period
2000
February 2002
1000 BC
1929
22. 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
1424
1947 - July
1818
538 BC
23. (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
1906
1192
1999
1674
24. B. R. Ambedkar is born (to 1956)
1083
1600
1845
1891
25. Death of Nana Fadnavis
1545
1800
1200
629
26. Shah Jahan completes Taj Mahal - Jama Masjid[disambiguation needed] - and RedFort. Imperial treasuries drained by architectural and military overexpenditures. Shah Jahan dies - and is succeeded by his son Aurangzeb.
1040
1658
1906
599 BC
27. Timur plunders Lahore
1157
1398
543
1987
28. Early Harappan Culture
1962
1924
1559
3300
29. Anushilan Samiti - organized revolutionary association formed.
1902
1040
1943
1510
30. The Maratha Peshwa (prime minister) usurps the Maratha kingdom - starting a new dynastic rule based in Pune.
1759
1749
1469
1414
31. Battle of Talikota results in the rout of Vijayanagara empire.
1565
1656
1293
1863
32. Advent of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu - founder of Gaudiya Vaishnavism and leader of the world's first civil disobedience movement - in Navadwip - West Bengal
1905
1486
624
1574
33. Aurangzeb invades the Deccan
1681
1999
1221
600 BC
34. Establishment of theIndo-Greek kingdom.
180 BC
1889 - 3 December
1806
March 2007
35. Vakataka Empire
250s
1586
345
1924
36. Chief Justice of the Maratha Empire - Ram Shastri passes death sentence against the ruling Peshwa Raghunathrao for murdering his nephew.
230
1799
1799
1774
37. Congress Party wins first general elections under leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru. (to 1952)
1300
1951
350
from 2000 BC
38. Death of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
1964
836
78
1974
39. Battle of Chandawar fought between Ghauri and Jaichand of Kannauj. Ghauri defeated Jayachandra and killed him.
1759
1194
1795
1999
40. Establishment of theIndo-Parthian kingdom.
10
1078
1490
1434
41. India explodes first nuclear device in underground test.
1774
1965
1817
1974
42. 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
7000
1556
1659
1855 - 30 June
43. 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
424
650
1572
1293
44. Shahi Empire
October 2001
1975
1779
500s
45. Maitraka Empire
1021
3300 BC
475
280
46. Morley-Minto Reforms
1220
1628
1581
1909
47. Bukka - the Vijayanagara ruler and his son Kumara Kamapna capture the entire Tamil speaking parts.
1665
1370
1974
450 BC
48. Earliest evidence for indus valley civilization
420
304 BC
3400 BCE
600 BC
49. Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act - 1856 - (23 July) Bal Gangadhar Tilak is born (to 1920) - (20 August) Narayana Guru is born (to 1928)
543
1600
1443
1856
50. Maurya Empire
1451
2600 BC
321
1574