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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. 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.






2. Vasco de Gama's first voyage from Europe toIndia and back (to 1499)






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






4. Cyrus the Great - founder of the Persian Achaemenid Empire conquers northwestern parts of theIndian subcontinent.






5. US lifts sanctions which it imposed againstIndia and Pakistan after they staged nuclear tests in 1998. The move is seen as a reward for their support for the US-led anti-terror campaign.






6. A high-powered rocket is launched - addingIndia to the club of countries able to fire big satellites deep into space.






7. Guru Arjan Dev becomes fifth Guru of Sikhs.






8. Kanva Empire






9. Mallikarjuna Raya succeeds his father Deva Raya II






10. Delhi Sultanate






11. Gakhars kills Muhammad Ghori during a raid on his camp on the Jhelum River






12. Kingdom of Kurunegala






13. Kingdom of Kandy






14. PortugueseIndia (to 1961)






15. Vellore Mutiny






16. Nripatunga Amoghavarsha I becomes Rashtrakuta emperor. Kannada literature flourishes.






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






18. Jallianwala Bagh massacre - Montagu






19. Portuguese land on the Coromandel Coast






20. Kingdom of Raigama






21. IndianIndependence Act 1947 by British Raj. Partition ofIndia - Freedom from British Raj. Hundreds of thousands die in widespread communal bloodshed after partition. (to 1948)






22. British Expedition to Tibet






23. Mahavira passes away.






24. First Railway estalblished between Bombay and Thane






25. Vedic period






26. Vishnukundina Empire






27. 'Prarthana Samaj' Established Earlier known as 'Atmiya Sabha'






28. Ghadar conspiracy - Provisional Government of India formed in Kabul. Gandhiji Return toIndia.






29. Vajpayee's BJP party declines his offer to resign over a number of political scandals and the apparent failure of his talks with Pakistani President Musharraf.






30. Other states






31. Madurai Kingdom






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






33. Mahmud Ghazni defeats Tarnochalpal and annexes Punjab






34. British Raj (to 1947)






35. FrenchIndia






36. Troops storm Golden Temple - Sikhs' most holy shrine - to flush out Sikh militants pressing for self-rule. Indira Gandhi assassinated by Sikh bodyguards - following which her son - Rajiv - takes over.






37. Late medieval age






38. Salt Satyagraha - Round Table Conferences (India) First - civil disobedience movement






39. Early Harappan Culture






40. Second war with Pakistan over Kashmir.






41. Shishunaga Kingdom






42. British Expedition to Tibet






43. The Marathas under Holkar and General de Boigne defeat the Rajputs of Jaipur and Mughals at the Battle of Patan - where 3000+ Rajput cavalry is killed and the entire Mughal unit vanquished. The defeat crushes Rajput hope of independence from external






44. Nehru's daughterIndira Gandhi becomes prime minister.






45. Narayanrao Peshwa is murdered by his uncle Raghunathrao's wife in front of Raghunathrao. Regulating Act of 1773 - Warren Hastings appointed as first Governor-General ofIndia






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






47. 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.






48. Vijayanagara Empire established by Harihara I and his brother Bukka Raya I






49. Mauryan Empire is founded by Chandragupta Maurya in Magadha after he defeats the Nanda dynasty and Macedonian Seleucid Empire. Mauryan capital city is Patliputra (Modern Patna in Bihar)






50. The Kalachuris under Bijjala II capture Kalyani







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