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B.C
2500-1800 :- Indus valley civilization.
599 :-Birth of Mahavir; Nirvana in 523. B.C.
563 :-Birth of Gautam Buddha; Nirvana in 483 B.C.
327-26 :-Alexander's invasion of India and the opening of land route between India and Europe.
269-232 :- Ashoka's reign.
261 :-Battle of Kalinga.
57 :- Beginning of Vikrama era.
30 :- Satvahana dynasty in Deooan. Pandyan empire in for south.
326:- Alexander defeated Poras in the Battle of Hydaspas
261:- Ashoka defeated Kalinga in the Kalinga War
A.D
78:- Beginning of Saka era.
320:- Beginning of Gupta era.
360:- Samudragupta conquers the whole of N. India and much of the Deccan.
380-413:- Rule of Chandragupta Vikramaditya, age of Kalidasa, renewal of induism.
606-647:- Rule of Harshavardhana.
629-645:- Hieun Tsang's visit in India.
622:- Beginning of Hijra era.
712 :- Arab invasion of Sind by Mohd. bin Qasim.
1001-27:- Repeated attacks of Mehmud Ghazni.
1025:- Sacking of Somnath temple by Mehmud.
1191:- First battle of Tarain in which Prithviraj Chauhan defeated Mohd. Ghori.
1192:- Second battle of Tarain in which Mohd. Ghori defeated Prithviraj Chauhan.
1206:- Qutubuddin Aibak founded the Ilbari/Slave dynasty.
1290:- Jalaluddin Firuz Khilji established Khilji dynasty.
1290:- Marco Polo visited India.
1320:- Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq founded the Tughlaq dynasty.
1333:- Ibn Batuta arrived in India.
1336:- Harihara and Bukka founded the Vijaynagar empire.
1347:- Bahmani kingdom founded.
1398:- Timur invades India.
1451:- Lodi dynasty comes in power in Delhi Sultanate.
1469:- Birth of Guru Nanak Dev.
1498:- Vasco da Gama lands at Calicut.
1510:- Portuguese capture Goa-Albuquerque Governor.
1526:- First Battle of Panipat in which Babar defeated Ibrahim Lodhi and established the Mughal dynasty.
1556:- Second battle of Panipat in which Akbar defeated Hemu.
1565:- Battle of Talikota in which Vijaynagar empire is defeated.
1571:- Foundation of Fatehpur Sikri by Akbar.
1576:- Battle of Haldighati in which Akbar defeated Maharana Pratap.
1582:- Akbar started Din-i-llahi.
1600:- English East India Company established.
1604:- Compilation of Adi Granth.
1605:- Death of Akbar.
1611:- The English built a factory at Masulipatnam.
1627:- Birth of Shivaji
1631:- Death of Shah Jahan's wife Mumtaz Mahal. The building of Taj Mahal.
1658:- Aurangzeb became Emperor of Delhi.
1666:- Birth of Guru Gobind Singh.
1699:- Guru Gobind Singh creates 'Khalsa'.
1707:- Death of Aurangzeb, fall of Mughal empire begins.
1739:- Nadir Shah invaded India; the peacock throne and the Kohinoor Diamond taken away from India.
1757:- Battle of Plassey in which the English defeated Siraj-ud- daula, Nawab of Bengal.
1760:- Battle of Wandiwash, end of French power in India,
1761:- Third Battle of Panipat in which Ahmed Shah Abdali defeated the Marathas.
1764:- Battle of Buxar in which the English defeated the triple alliance of Nawab Mir Qasim of Bengal, Nawab Shuja-ud-daula of Awadh and Mughal emperor Shah Alam.
1793:- Permanent settlement in Bengal.
1799:- Fourth Anglo Mysore War, death of Tipu Sultan, Ranjit Singh occupied Lahore and made it his capital.
1817-19:- Marathas finally crushed.
1828:- Lord William Bentick becomes Governor General; Era of social reforms; Prohibition of Sati (1829), Suppression of thugs (1830).
1835:- Introduction of English as medium of instruction.
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