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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. First Anglo-Sikh Wars (to 1849)






2. 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.






3. Alberuni arrivies inIndia; death of Mahmud of Ghazni






4. Mahatma Gandhi assassinated by a right wing Hindu nationalist Nathuram Godse. War with Pakistan over disputed territory of Kashmir. Telangana and other princely states integrated inIndian union






5. 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.






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






7. 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.






8. Indus Valley Civilization






9. Kingdom of Upatissa Nuwara






10. Princely states (to 1947)






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






12. Painted Grey Ware culture






13. Died Tatya Tope






14. Mysore Kingdom






15. Madurai Kingdom






16. Pala Empire






17. Lohara Kingdom






18. Marathas comprehensively defeat the Nizam - Maratha Empire reaches its zenith.






19. 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






20. Champaran and Kheda Satyagraha






21. Third Anglo-Maratha War begins






22. Solanki Kingdom






23. Gupta Empire






24. Massive earthquakes hit the western state of Gujarat - leaving at least 30000 dead.






25. British Ceylon






26. Late Harappan Culture






27. Painted Grey Ware culture






28. Ashoka the Great regarded as the greatest ancientIndian emperor - grandson of Chandragupta Maurya - ascends as emperor of the Mauryan Empire.






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






30. Kingdom of Tambapanni






31. Champaran and Kheda Satyagraha






32. Abdur Razzaq visitsIndia






33. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War begins.






34. Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind - the Provisional Government of FreeIndia formed by Netaji.






35. Thanjavur Kingdom






36. 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






37. Indira Gandhi returns to power heading Congress party splinter group - Congress (Indira).






38. DutchIndia






39. British Expedition to Tibet






40. Indo-Sassanid Kingdom






41. Death of Nana Fadnavis






42. Nehru's daughterIndira Gandhi becomes prime minister.






43. Khudiram Bose is born (to 1908)






44. Mehrgarh Culture






45. Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh state kill more than 50 policemen in a dawn attack.






46. Western Satraps formed.






47. Middle and Late Vedic period (to 500 BC)






48. Establishment of theIndo-Scythian kingdom.






49. Rashtrakuta Empire






50. Black and Red ware culture