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Timeline Of Indian History
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1. Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind - the Provisional Government of FreeIndia formed by Netaji.
1003-1320 AD
January 2002
1943
1191
2. Ror Kingdom
450 BC
1200 BC
326 BC
1889 - 3 December
3. Third war with Pakistan over creation of Bangladesh - formerly East Pakistan. Twenty-year treaty of friendship signed with Soviet Union.
September 2001
1749
1358
1971
4. Subhas Chandra Bose is born (to 1945)
180 BC
1761
3300
1897 - 23 January
5. Forces led by Shivaji defeat Aurangzeb's troops - and establishes Maratha Empire.
650
1786
1674
1200s
6. Sayyid Sultanate
1003-1320 AD
1515
1650
1414
7. Mature Harappan Culture
1807
1
68
2600
8. 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
1451
185
1865 - 28 January
1508
9. Humayun regained the throne of Delhi from the hands of weak successors of Sher Shah.
261 BC
300 BC
1555
1552
10. Mehrgarh Culture
7000
450
1200 BC
1823
11. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge.
1
1818
1000
600 BC
12. Pandya Empire
300 BC
180 BC
1965
1600
13. 'Arya Samaj' Established - Aligarh Muslim University
1875
1200s
1510
1780
14. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins. The civilization used an early form of theIndus signs - the so-calledIndus script.
1911
3300
16 August
2800 BC
15. Chandra Vidyasagar is born (to 1891)
266 BC
1820 -
1777
1300
16. First Anglo-Maratha War
60
350
814
1775
17. Non-cooperation movementKhilafat Movement
1920
1486
450 BC
321
18. Nanda Empire
424
250 BC
1962
1508
19. Death of Islam Shah.
1658
1771
1554
2600
20. Battle of Diu marks the beginning of the dominance of the Europeans in the Asian naval theater.
1943
1509
1024
450
21. Battle of Chandawar fought between Ghauri and Jaichand of Kannauj. Ghauri defeated Jayachandra and killed him.
1221
1499
836
1194
22. India successfully test-fires a nuclear-capable ballistic missile - the Agni - off its eastern coast.
January 2002
1759
December 2001
1799
23. Harshavardhana crowned Monarch.
606
1000
1806
80 BC
24. (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
January 2001
1347
1786
1999
25. Timur plunders Lahore
1490
750
1552
1398
26. The Mauryan Empire - which shrunk considerably - collapsed after its emperor Brihadrata was assassinated by his general Pusyamitra Sunga who then established the Sunga dynasty.
538 BC
184 BC
1989
1200
27. Massive earthquakes hit the western state of Gujarat - leaving at least 30000 dead.
1917
400 BC
1939
January 2001
28. 'Victory of Prithviraj Chauhan'.First battle of Tarain between Mohammed Ghori and Prithviraj III. Ghauri is defeated by Prithivi Raj Chauhan III.
1191
250
1102
1789
29. Iron age
1944
January 2002
80 BC
1200
30. Guru Hargobind becomes sixth guru of Sikhs.
230 BC
1606
753
1586
31. Republic Day (India)
December 2001
1950 - 26 January
1600
1526
32. British Expedition to Tibet
413
3400 BCE
1903
1779
33. Congress suffers worst ever electoral defeat as Hindu nationalist BJP emerges as largest single party.
1659
1859 - 18 April
1996
335
34. Late Harappan Culture
1771
1220
1700
240
35. Vasco de Gama's first voyage from Europe toIndia and back (to 1499)
2600 BC
1497
1943
377 BC
36. India loses brief border war with China. India won Diu - Daman and Goa from PortugueseIndia.
1962
700
1206
1102
37. Inter-religious bloodshed breaks out after 59 Hindu pilgrims returning from Ayodhya are killed in a train fire in Godhra - Gujarat. More than 1000 people - mainly Muslims - die in subsequent riots. (Police and officials blamed the fire on a Muslim mo
February 2002
68
1977
184 BC
38. Earliest evidence for indus valley civilization
3400 BCE
483 BC
1915
1913
39. Kushan Empire
1600
60
420
590
40. Deva Raya II succeeded his father Veera Vijaya Bukka Raya as monarch of the Vijayanagara Empire
1964
266 BC
1757
1424
41. Birth of Babur in Andijan - Fergana Valley in Central Asia
599 BC
1483
1674
1341
42. Last invasion of Mahmud Ghazni - sacked and destroyed temple of Somnath
60
1024
1510
1539
43. Jugantar formed. 30 December - Muslim League formed in Dacca.
December 2001
1826
1070
1906
44. DutchIndia
2600
1605
1000
1530
45. Marathas comprehensively defeat the Nizam - Maratha Empire reaches its zenith.
1509
1559
1779
1760
46. Guru Nanak - the founder of Sikhism is born
1865 - 28 January
1773
1749
1469
47. Lodi Sultanate
345
1451
November 2008
1530
48. Ashfaqulla Khan is born (to 1927)
1900 - 22 October
1509
1500 BC
1764
49. Early modern period
1469
1510
1526
1545
50. Lohara Kingdom
1947 AD
1003-1320 AD
942
1540