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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Humayun regained the throne of Delhi from the hands of weak successors of Sher Shah.






2. First Anglo-Afghan War






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






4. Indus Valley Civilization






5. Eastern Ganga Empire






6. Iron age






7. Subhas Chandra Bose is born (to 1945)






8. Gajapati Kingdom






9. Siddharta Gautama 'Buddha' of the Shakya polity in S. Nepal - founds Buddhism (older date - 563






10. Bukka - the Vijayanagara ruler and his son Kumara Kamapna capture the entire Tamil speaking parts.






11. British Raj






12. Guru Har Krishan becomes eight guru of Sikhs.






13. Battle of Chausa fought between Humayun and Sher Shah Suri in which Humayun defeated. Guru Angad Dev becomes second guru of sikhs.






14. PortugueseIndia (to 1961)






15. Kingdom of Tambapanni






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






17. BritishIndia (to 1947) EastIndia Company (to 1757)






18. Guru Har Rai becomes seventh guru of Sikhs - Shivaji takes oath ofIndependence at Raireshwar.






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






20. Kalyani Chalukyas power at its peak. Vikramaditya VI ushers in Vikrama Chalukya era.






21. Chera Kingdom






22. Subhas Chandra Bose calls Mahatma Gandhi as the Father of the Nation.






23. Madurai Kingdom






24. All India Forward Bloc Established by Subhas Chandra Bose






25. Shivaji dies of fever at Raigad.






26. Direct Action Day/Great Calcutta Killings






27. Second Anglo-Maratha War ends






28. Maha Janapadas






29. Kingdom of Ruhuna






30. Establishment of theIndo-Scythian kingdom.






31. Late Harappan Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins - including Cemetery H culture and other cultures.






32. US President Bill Clinton makes a groundbreaking visit to improve ties. (May) India marks the birth of its billionth citizen.






33. Vellore Mutiny






34. Poona Pact - (4 August) Communal Award - (November






35. Partition ofIndia






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






37. Persian rule in the northwest ends after Darius III is defeated by Alexander the Great - who establishes the Macedonian Empire after inheriting the Persian Achaemenid Empire.






38. Garhwal Kingdom






39. Delhi Sultanate






40. Guru Nanak - the founder of Sikhism is born






41. Death of Yashwantrao Holkar






42. Shahi Empire






43. Shishunaga Kingdom






44. Gajapati Kingdom






45. Black and Red ware culture






46. Samma Dynasty assumes rule over Sindh






47. Mughal Empire






48. Guru Granth Sahib becomes Guru of Sikhs.






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






50. 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.