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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Dayananda Saraswati is born (to 1883)






2. Kingdom of Ruhuna






3. Mahavira - 24th Tirthankar of Jainism is born (traditional date).






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






5. Second Anglo-Maratha War begins






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






7. Battle of Chandawar fought between Ghauri and Jaichand of Kannauj. Ghauri defeated Jayachandra and killed him.






8. Mauryan Empire is founded by Chandragupta Maurya in Magadha after he defeats the Nanda dynasty and Macedonian Seleucid Empire. Mauryan capital city is Patliputra (Modern Patna in Bihar)






9. Northern Black Polished Ware






10. Black and Red ware culture






11. FrenchIndia






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






13. The Mauryan Empire - which shrunk considerably - collapsed after its emperor Brihadrata was assassinated by his general Pusyamitra Sunga who then established the Sunga dynasty.






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






15. British Ceylon






16. Dayananda Saraswati is born (to 1883)






17. Delhi DurbarFirst time






18. Lala Lajpat Rai is born (to 1928)






19. Second war with Pakistan over Kashmir.






20. Partition of Bengal






21. Kingdom of Dambadeniya






22. 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






23. Cancelation of Partition of Bengal - Delhi Durbar Third Time






24. Kingdom of Upatissa Nuwara






25. Battle of Buxar






26. Ochre Coloured Pottery culture






27. Seleucus gives up his territories in the subcontinent (Afghanistan/Baluchistan) to Chandragupta in exchange for 500 elephants. Seleucus offers his daughter in marriage to Chandragupta to seal their friendship.






28. Maurya Empire






29. Gurjara Pratihara Empire






30. Kingdom of Kandy






31. Government of India Act 1935






32. Anushilan Samiti - organized revolutionary association formed.






33. Kingdom of Yapahuwa






34. Started Post Service






35. Partition of Bengal






36. Kalachuri Empire






37. Forces led by Shivaji defeat Aurangzeb's troops - and establishes Maratha Empire.






38. Jallianwala Bagh massacre - Montagu






39. Eastern Chalukya Kingdom






40. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins. The civilization used an early form of theIndus signs - the so-calledIndus script.






41. Battle of Kannauj fought between Humayun and Sher Shah Suri and Humayun was completely defeated. Humayun lost the Mughal empire to Afghans (Suri Dynasty) - and passed 12 years in exile.






42. Lohara Kingdom






43. Travancore Kingdom






44. Keladi Kingdom






45. Ror Kingdom






46. Khizr Khan - deputized by Timur to be the governor of Multan takes over Delhi founding the Sayyid dynasty






47. Establishment of the Kushan empire by Kujula Kadphises.






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






49. 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.






50. Mehrgarh Culture