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The Indian History

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Battle of Haldighati

Battle of Haldighati

Maharana Pratap resists the Mughal army in the Aravalli pass.

Battle of Vatapi

Battle of Vatapi

Pallava king Narasimhavarman I defeats and kills Pulakeshin II.

Rajendra Chola's Ganges Expedition

Rajendra Chola's Ganges Expedition

Rajendra Chola's northern campaign reaching the river Ganges.

Battle of Buxar

Battle of Buxar

Company defeats a coalition, gaining the diwani of Bengal.

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Battle of Haldighati

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Construction of Taj Mahal

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Quit India Movement

Salt March (Dandi March)

Salt March (Dandi March)

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Battle of the Hydaspes
Clash between Alexander the Great and King Porus on the Jhelum river.
May 326 BCE
Founding of the Maurya Empire
Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nandas to found India's first empire.
322 BCE
Kalinga War
Ashoka's bloody conquest of Kalinga that transformed his reign.
262 BCE – 261 BCE
Ashoka's Conversion to Buddhism
Ashoka adopts Buddhism and the policy of Dhamma after the Kalinga War.
261 BCE
Third Buddhist Council
Buddhist council convened under Ashoka at Pataliputra.
250 BCE
Fall of the Maurya Empire
The assassination of Brihadratha ends the Maurya dynasty.
185 BCE
Samudragupta's Digvijaya Campaigns
The wide-ranging conquests that made the Gupta Empire supreme in India.
335s – 375s
Battle of Vatapi
Pallava king Narasimhavarman I defeats and kills Pulakeshin II.
642
Consecration of the Brihadisvara Temple
Completion of Rajaraja Chola's great temple at Thanjavur.
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Rajendra Chola's Ganges Expedition

Rajendra Chola's Ganges Expedition

Rajendra Chola's northern campaign reaching the river Ganges.

Chola Naval Expedition to Srivijaya

Chola Naval Expedition to Srivijaya

Rajendra Chola's naval campaign against the Srivijaya empire.

First Battle of Tarain

First Battle of Tarain

Prithviraj Chauhan repels Muhammad of Ghor.

Second Battle of Tarain

Second Battle of Tarain

Muhammad of Ghor defeats Prithviraj Chauhan, opening North India.

Founding of the Delhi Sultanate

Founding of the Delhi Sultanate

Qutb al-Din Aibak establishes Turkish rule at Delhi.

Founding of the Vijayanagara Empire

Founding of the Vijayanagara Empire

Harihara and Bukka found a Hindu empire to resist the Sultanate.

Foundation of Bikaner

Rao Bika formally establishes the city of Bikaner on 12 October 1488 in the Jangladesh desert, founding the Kingdom of Bikaner.

12 October 1488 – 12 October 1488

First Battle of Panipat

First Battle of Panipat

Babur defeats Ibrahim Lodi to found the Mughal Empire.

First Battle of Panipat

The battle where Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodi with artillery and flanking tactics, founding the Mughal Empire on 21 April 1526.

21 April 1526 – 21 April 1526

Second Battle of Panipat

Second Battle of Panipat

Akbar's forces defeat Hemu, securing the Mughal restoration.

5 November 1556

Battle of Talikota

Battle of Talikota

Deccan sultanates crush Vijayanagara, sacking Hampi.

26 January 1565

Battle of Haldighati

Battle of Haldighati

Maharana Pratap resists the Mughal army in the Aravalli pass.

Battle of Haldighati

The legendary clash on 18 June 1576 where Maharana Pratap fought Akbar's army led by Man Singh I — Pratap survived on his dying horse Chetak to fight another day.

18 June 1576 – 18 June 1576

Construction of Junagarh Fort

Raja Rai Singh commissions Junagarh Fort (Chintamani Durg) in 1589; completed 1594 — a 37-bastion fort on flat ground that has never been conquered in its history.

Construction of Taj Mahal

Shah Jahan's 22-year architectural masterpiece (1632-1653) — a marble mausoleum for Mumtaz Mahal and the world's greatest monument to love.