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Timeline Of Indian History
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1. Badami Chalukya power at its peak. Pulakesi II pushes north up to the Narmada and defeats the invading Harshavardhana of Kanauj
1612
1600
637
260 BC
2. 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.
333 BC
1414
1200s
July 2001
3. Battle of Talikota results in the rout of Vijayanagara empire.
1565
1453
1990
1503
4. Chandragupta I ascends to the Gupta throne.
1665
320
1628
1469
5. Birth of Shivaji Maharaj.
1927 - November
1540
1630
21
6. Dilawar Khan establishes the Malwa Sultanate in present-day northernIndia
1078
1347
1401
1777
7. 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
1790
1644
1500 BC
543
8. Kalabhras Empire
300 BC
1522
250
July 2001
9. Mughal army arrested for the act.
1572
1451
1914
1705
10. Pala Empire
750
1102
1820 -
3300 BC
11. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge.
600 BC
July 2001
1929
1510
12. Babur completes his Baburnama - reflecting on society - politics - economics - history - geography - nature - flora and fauna - which to this day is a standard textbook in 25 countries. Babur dies - and is succeeded by his son Humayun.
July 2001
1530
1789
489
13. Establishment of theIndo-Scythian kingdom.
80 BC
300 BC
1814
21
14. Bukka - the Vijayanagara ruler and his son Kumara Kamapna capture the entire Tamil speaking parts.
1948 - 30 January
1944
1370
550s
15. Bukka - the Vijayanagara ruler and his son Kumara Kamapna capture the entire Tamil speaking parts.
1347
350
1929
1370
16. Vishnukundina Empire
1443
420
1889 - 3 December
1505
17. Delhi conspiracy case
1526
1855 - 30 June
1912
1605
18. Akbar the Great annexes Gujarat - also shifts the Mughal capital to Fatehpur Sikri where a new township and citadel containing buildings of a unique all-India character
1572
1574
1674
1220
19. Samudragupta ascends the Gupta throne and expands the empire.
2600 BC
1947 AD
335
230
20. Guru Har Rai becomes seventh guru of Sikhs - Shivaji takes oath ofIndependence at Raireshwar.
December 2001
527 BC
1661
1644
21. Vellore Mutiny
321 BC
1806
1858
2001
22. Governor Hasan Gangu revolts against Muhammad bin Tughluq founding the Bahmani Sultanate
1924
1700
1347
1964
23. Death of Yashwantrao Holkar
1499
2005 July
1914
1811
24. All India Forward Bloc Established by Subhas Chandra Bose
599 BC
1469
1658
1939
25. Partition ofIndia
1947 AD
1526
1521
1942
26. Pala Empire
November 2008
1325
January 2001
750
27. Thondaiman Kingdom
60
1556
1650
1200 BC
28. Early Harappan Culture
1325
3300
1707
1
29. Swami Vivekanand is born (to 1902)
1977
1863
261 BC
304 BC
30. Indo-Sassanid Kingdom
230
1499
1336
1877 - January
31. Gakhars kills Muhammad Ghori during a raid on his camp on the Jhelum River
350
1130
1805
1206
32. 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
1801
1509
1661
33. Maukhari Empire
1540
814
1526
550s
34. Indo-Parthian Kingdom
637
21
1803
1929
35. Princely states (to 1947)
1975
1765
1917
February 2002
36. Earliest evidence for indus valley civilization
3400 BCE
1630
1999
1987
37. Ashoka dies and is succeeded by Kunala.
1323
1021
232 BC
1574
38. Other states
624
1102
1916
1800
39. Kingdom of Kochi is taken over by the Portuguese creating the first European settlement inIndia.
1194
1078
1503
1500 BC
40. British Raj
684
814
1889 - 3 December
1858
41. Battle of Diu marks the beginning of the dominance of the Europeans in the Asian naval theater.
1509
1600
1696
380
42. Jallianwala Bagh massacre - Montagu
250 BC
1572
1320
1919
43. Guru Hargobind becomes sixth guru of Sikhs.
1796
1606
1443
1824 - 12 February
44. Eastern Ganga Empire
1078
590
2800 BC
1650
45. Chalukya Empire
321 BC
543
80 BC
200 BC
46. 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
1853 - 16 April
1903
1508
1272
47. Non-cooperation movementKhilafat Movement
1905
606
1920
304 BC
48. Constantinople won By Turkey
1343
240
606
1453
49. Mahavira - 24th Tirthankar of Jainism is born (traditional date).
180 BC
1897 - 23 January
1574
599 BC
50. Dutch Ceylon
1656
1865 - 28 January
1675
1805