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• 185 BC          
The Mauryan Empire, collapsed after its emperor Brihadrata
was assassinated by his general Pusyamitra Sunga who then
established the Sunga dynasty

• 50 AD           
Establishment of the Kushan empire by Kujula Kadphises,
first Buddhist stupa is
constructed at Sanchi

•
300               
The Pallava dynasty is established in Kanchi

•
320               
The Gupta dynasty founded by Maharaja Sri Gupta, reunited
northern India initiating
the "golden Age" of India

•
335                
King Samudragupta ascends the Gupta throne and expands the
empire.

• 380                
Chandragupta II, Samudragupta's son becomes the Gupta
Emperor.

• 450                
Invasions by the Huna.

• 606                
Harshavardhana crowned Monarch.

• 712                
First Muslim, Md. Bin Qasim defeats Raja Dahir

•
1021              
Mahmud Ghazni defeats Tarnochalpal and annexes Punjab

• 1206              
Qutb ub-din Aybak establishes the Delhi Sultanate

•
1221              
Genghis Khan invades Punjab

• 1236              
Razia Sultana, only lady ruler of Delhi

• 1290
               
Jalal ud-Din Firuz establishes the Khilji sultanate at Delhi

• 1298              
Marco Polo visits India

• 1336              
Vijayanagara Empire established by Harihara I and his
brother Bukka Raya I

• 1398              
Timur conquered India resulting in the decline of the Delhi
Sultanate

• 1469              
Birth of Guru Nanak Dev

• 1497              
Vasco de Gama's first voyage from Europe to India and back
(to 1499)

• 1526              
Babur established the Mughal Empire

• 1555              
Mughal king Humayun comes to fight Sher Shah and regains
India

• 1556              
Humayun dies, and is succeeded by Akbar

• 1600              
Queen Elizabeth I granted a charter to the East India
Company established trading posts in Bombay, Calcutta, and
Madras

• 1605              
Akbar dies, and is succeeded by his son Jehangir.

•
1612              
British arrives India

• 1632              
Taj Mahal construction initiated by Mughal ruler Shah Jahan

• 1653              
Shah Jahan completes Taj Mahal. Shah Jahan dies, and is
succeeded by his son Aurangzeb.

• 1675              
Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth Guru of Sikhs is executed in
Delhi. Guru Gobind Singh becomes tenth Guru of Sikhs.

•
1680              
Shivaji dies at Raigad, Sambhaji became 2nd Chhatrapati of
the Maratha Empire

• 1707              
Death of Aurangzeb the Mughal emperor.

• 1757              
In Battle of Plassey, Robert Clive, leads British forces
which defeated the Mughal governor of Bengal Mir Jafar

•
1774              
Warren Hastings appointed the first governor general of
India by the East India Company

• 1775              
First Anglo-Maratha War

• 1799              
Death of Tipu Sultan

• 1853              
Started Post Service

• 1853          
First Railway established between Bombay and Thane

• 1857              
Indian Mutiny Rebellion of 1857(10th May)

• 1857              
Establishment of University of Mumbai, University of Madras
and University of Calcutta in India

• 1858              
The British government ruled India, Lord Dalhousie becomes
the Governor-General of  India

• 1862              
Death of Bahadur Shah Zafar

• 1869              
"Arya Samaj" Established

• 1876              
Queen Victoria was given the title Empress of India by the
British Parliament

• 1885              
Burma became an Indian province

• 1885              
The Indian National Congress was formed (28th December)

•
1905              
The British government divided Bengal into separate Hindu
and Muslim sections

• 1909              
Morley-Minto Reforms

• 1914              
World War 1

• 1915              
Mahatma Gandhi returns back to India

• 1919              
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (13th April)

• 1920              
Mahatma Gandhi became president of Indian National Congress,
Non-cooperation movement Khilafat Movement

•
1927              
Simon Commission

• 1929              
Central Assembly Bombed by Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar
Dutt.

• 1930              
Purna Swaraj resolution in Lahore, Salt Satyagraha started

• 1931              
Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev Martyred (23rd March)

•
1935              
Government of India Act

• 1939              
World War 2 began

• 1940              
Muhammad Ali Jinnah demanded that a new country be formed
from India for the Muslims, which would be called Pakistan

• 1942              
Quit India Movement

• 1942              
Indian National Army Established by Subhas Chandra Bose

• 1945              
World War II ended when United States dropped
atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (August)

•
1946              
Royal Indian Navy Mutiny

• 1946              
The British government agreed to grant India independence

• 1947              
British and Indian leaders agreed to divide the country into
India and Pakistan

• 1947              
India became independent (15th August)

• 1948              
Mahatma Gandhi assassinated Nathuram Godse (30th January)

• 1950              
Constitution of India came into effect and Jawaharlal Nehru
became the Indian first prime minister (26th January)

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