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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Portuguese land on the Coromandel Coast






2. Second Anglo-Mysore War ends with the Treaty of Mangalore.






3. Quit India Movement - (Late March) Cripps' mission - (August) Indian National Army Established by Subhas Chandra Bose






4. Solanki Kingdom






5. Chandragupta II - Samudragupta's son becomes the Gupta Emperor.






6. Western Satrap Empire






7. Dayananda Saraswati is born (to 1883)






8. Paramara Kingdom






9. Lala Lajpat Rai is born (to 1928)






10. Bronze age






11. Narayanrao Peshwa is murdered by his uncle Raghunathrao's wife in front of Raghunathrao. Regulating Act of 1773 - Warren Hastings appointed as first Governor-General ofIndia






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






13. Kalabhras Empire






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






15. Invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni






16. Gupta Empire






17. Sultan Ibrahim Lodi - of the Delhi Sultanate - angers local nobles - who respond by inviting Babur - the Mughal ruler of Kabul - to invade Delhi and Agra. The local population - plus the possession of artillery - assists Babur in killing the Sultan (






18. British Ceylon






19. Anushilan Samiti - organized revolutionary association formed.






20. Harsha Empire






21. Eastern Chalukya Kingdom






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






23. Santhal rebellion






24. Lohara Kingdom






25. Marava Kingdom






26. 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






27. Chief Justice of the Maratha Empire - Ram Shastri passes death sentence against the ruling Peshwa Raghunathrao for murdering his nephew.






28. Chalukya Empire






29. Establishment of the Kushan empire by Kujula Kadphises.






30. District collectors in Bengal were made responsible for settling the revenue and collecting it.






31. Samudragupta ascends the Gupta throne and expands the empire.






32. Marathas re-captures Delhi and parts of NorthIndia.






33. Kingdom of Sitawaka






34. Chalukya Empire






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






36. Suicide squad attacks parliament in New Delhi - killing several police. The five gunmen die in the assault. India imposes sanctions against Pakistan - to force it to take action against two Kashmir militant groups blamed for the suicide attack on par






37. Lohara Kingdom






38. Indira Gandhi declares state of emergency after being found guilty of electoral malpractice. Nearly 1000 political opponents imprisoned and programme of compulsory birth control introduced. (to 1977)






39. Kingdom of Anuradhapura






40. Birth of Babur in Andijan - Fergana Valley in Central Asia






41. Maharaja Ranjit Singh establishes Khalsa rule of Punjab from Lahore. Khalsa army liberates Kashmiri Pundits and invades Afghanistan through Khyber Pass.






42. Badami Chalukya power at its peak. Pulakesi II pushes north up to the Narmada and defeats the invading Harshavardhana of Kanauj






43. First Railway estalblished between Bombay and Thane






44. Painted Grey Ware culture






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






46. Guru Arjan Dev becomes fifth Guru of Sikhs.






47. Keladi Kingdom






48. British rule in Burma (to 1947)






49. Birth of Shivaji Maharaj.






50. Congress Party wins first general elections under leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru. (to 1952)







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