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Timeline Of Indian History
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1. Established first three University of Mumbai - University of Madras and University of Calcutta inIndia
1526
1857
266 BC
1656
2. Lucknow Pact
1853
1916
2000
1325
3. Chandragupta II - Samudragupta's son becomes the Gupta Emperor.
1600
380
1674
1581
4. The Christian-Islamic power struggle in Europe and the Middle East. Spills over into theIndian Ocean as Battle of Chaul during the Portuguese-Mamluk War
1508
300 BC
1600
60
5. Ashoka dies and is succeeded by Kunala.
1927 - November
1820 -
7000
232 BC
6. Ala-ud-din Khalji's army under Malik Kafur occupies Devagiri ending the Seuna Yadava Kingdom
1310
1483
1486
265 BC
7. India successfully test-fires a nuclear-capable ballistic missile - the Agni - off its eastern coast.
21
1120
1790
January 2002
8. Rajiv Gandhi assassinated by suicide bomber sympathetic to Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers. Economic reform programme begun by Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao.
1003-1320 AD
1325
1991
November 2008
9. Nanda Empire
1206
7000
1914
424
10. Hindustan Socialist Republican Association formed.
1924
1798
629
1999
11. Champaran and Kheda Satyagraha
1784
850
1962
1917
12. Eastern Ganga Empire
1078
1859 - 18 April
250 BC
424
13. Late Harappan Culture
1700
1509
335
February 2002
14. Painted Grey Ware culture
1200
450
280
200 BC
15. Kingdom of Anuradhapura
1451
3000
377 BC
1206
16. Guru Tegh Bahadur becomes ninth Guru of Sikhs.
1665
1729
1228
550s
17. Kamarupa Kingdom
350
1206
1911
1765
18. BJP forms coalition government under Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee. India carries out nuclear tests - leading to widespread international condemnation.
1696
1605
7000
1998
19. Hindu extremists demolish mosque in Ayodhya - triggering widespread Hindu-Muslim violence.
1992
800
1347
1680
20. Started Post Service
475
230
1906
1853
21. Magadha Kingdom
500
1964
475
1510
22. FrenchIndia
from 2000 BC
1759
1855 - 30 June
1977
23. First Anglo-Maratha War
250s BC
1320
1775
650
24. Western Chalukya Empire
1947 - July
1485
973
335
25. Birth of Shivaji Maharaj.
1630
1867
1206
7000
26. British Ceylon
1815
1772
1407
1446
27. Hindu extremists demolish mosque in Ayodhya - triggering widespread Hindu-Muslim violence.
563 BC
1900 BC
637
1992
28. 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.
1935 - August
1863
350 BC
2800 BC
29. Mature Harappan Culture
1530
1919
2600
1845
30. Vajpayee meets Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in the first summit between the two neighbours in more than two years. The meeting ends without a breakthrough or even a joint statement because of differences over Kashmir.
July 2001
1897 - 23 January
1341
1914
31. Chandra Vidyasagar is born (to 1891)
1914
400 BC
1347
1820 -
32. Swami Vivekanand is born (to 1902)
753
1857 - 10 May
1863
1552
33. Mahatma Gandhi is born (to 1948)
280
1869
1451
January 2001
34. Indian National Congress Eshtablished
1853 - 16 April
413
1885 - 28 December
1656
35. Thondaiman Kingdom
December 2001
7000
1659
1650
36. Eastern Chalukya Kingdom
624
1707
1370
350 BC
37. Royal Indian Navy Mutiny - (March) Cabinet Mission
1336
1620
1946 - February
1915
38. Maha-Megha-Vahana Empire
10
1508
250s BC
1058
39. Ulugh Khan defeats Prataparudra ending the Kakatiya dynasty
1290
1875
1323
1509
40. 'Atmiya Sabha' Established Later on known as 'Prarthana Samaj' By Raja Ram Mohan Roy
836
942
1434
1814
41. Third Anglo-Mysore War ends.
1911
1765
1792
1875
42. Kuninda Kingdom established. Tholkappiyam describes the grammar and morphology of Tamil; it is the oldest existing Tamil grammar (dates vary between 200 BCE and 100 CE). (to 100 BC)
200 BC
753
1900 BC
543
43. Jugantar formed. 30 December - Muslim League formed in Dacca.
1891
1508
305 BC
1906
44. Rigveda (to 1000 BC)
543 BC
1630
1078
1200 BC
45. A high-powered rocket is launched - addingIndia to the club of countries able to fire big satellites deep into space.
304 BC
2001
1903
1999
46. Gandhi
1931 - March
1807
1469
250s BC
47. Marathas re-captures Delhi and parts of NorthIndia.
1499
1771
1931 - March
1826
48. Republic Day (India)
1950 - 26 January
1336
1897 - 23 January
1300
49. Dilawar Khan establishes the Malwa Sultanate in present-day northernIndia
200 BC
260 BC
1935 - August
1401
50. District collectors in Bengal were made responsible for settling the revenue and collecting it.
1786
500s
200 BC
250 BC