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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Mahavira passes away.






2. Ching-Thang Khomba moves Manipur's capital to Kangla






3. 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.






4. The Pandyan king sends ambassadors to the Greek and Roman lands.






5. British Ceylon






6. 'Victory of Prithviraj Chauhan'.First battle of Tarain between Mohammed Ghori and Prithviraj III. Ghauri is defeated by Prithivi Raj Chauhan III.






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






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






9. Kingdom of Gampola






10. Sikh Empire






11. Death of Nana Fadnavis






12. Started Post Service






13. Kingdom of Sitawaka






14. More than 1000 people are killed in floods and landslides caused by monsoon rains in Mumbai (Bombay) and Maharashtra region.






15. Early Harappan Culture






16. Kingdom of Kurunegala






17. Deva Kingdom






18. Battle of Diu marks the beginning of the dominance of the Europeans in the Asian naval theater.






19. Painted Grey Ware culture






20. Hindu






21. 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






22. Republic Day (India)






23. Shivaji's ill-equipped and small Maratha army defeat mighty Adilshahi troops at the Battle of Pratapgarh in a major upset inIndian history. Shivaji personally kills Adilshahi commander Afzal Khan (general).






24. Lohara Kingdom






25. PortugueseIndia






26. Deccan Sultanates






27. Guru Ram Das becomes fourth Guru of Sikhs. Akbar annexes Bengal.






28. First Anglo-Sikh Wars (to 1849)






29. Maratha sardar Mahadji Shinde routs the EastIndia Company army at the Battle of Wadgaon War ends with the restoration of status quo as per Treaty of Salbai.






30. Death of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.






31. Falling public support leads to Congress defeat in general election.






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






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






34. Jehangir announces 'Chain of Justice' outside his palace that anyone can ring the bell and get a personal hearing with the emperor. Jehangir dies - and is succeeded by his son Shah Jahan.






35. Advent of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu - founder of Gaudiya Vaishnavism and leader of the world's first civil disobedience movement - in Navadwip - West Bengal






36. Travancore Kingdom






37. Guru Amar Das becomes third Guru of Sikhs.






38. Durrani Empire






39. (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






40. Alberuni arrivies inIndia; death of Mahmud of Ghazni






41. Nearly 200 people are killed and hundreds injured in a series of co-ordinated attacks by gunmen on the main tourist and business area ofIndia's financial capital Mumbai.India blames militants from Pakistan for the attacks and demands that Islamabad t






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






43. Gautam Buddha - founder of Buddhism is born.






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






45. Polonnaruwa Kingdom






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






47. First Anglo-Afghan War






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






49. Kamarupa Kingdom






50. 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.