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Qutb ud-Din Aibak establishes slave dynasty (Mamluk) later to be known as Delhi Sultanate, beginning 320 years rule over India (1206–1526). 1206. Raja Prithu defeats Muhammad Bakhtiyar Khalji, destroying his army of 12,000 with only about 100 survivors. [ 32][ 33] 1210.
e. The Indian Independence Movement was a series of historic events in South Asia with the ultimate aim of ending British colonial rule. It lasted until 1947, when the Indian Independence Act 1947 was passed. The first nationalistic movement for Indian independence emerged in the Province of Bengal. It later took root in the newly formed Indian ...
Hasrat Mohani was the first person in Indian History who demanded 'Complete Independence' (Azadi-e-Kaamil), at the 1929 session of the Indian National Congress, the Purna Swaraj declaration, or "Declaration of the Independence of India" was promulgated, [8] and 26 January was declared as Independence Day in 1930. [8]
Timeline of Indian history. Chandragupta Maurya overthrew the Nanda Empire and established the first great empire in ancient India, the Maurya Empire. India's Mauryan king Ashoka is widely recognised for his historical acceptance of Buddhism and his attempts to spread nonviolence and peace across his empire.
The Union of India is a federal union made up of 28 states and 8 union territories. India achieved independence from British rule on 15 August 1947 and became a republic on 26 January 1950. Many states celebrate a state day to mark its formation, statehood, reorganisation or other associated events while some like Assam and Bengal celebrate it ...
27 March: 2016 Lahore suicide bombing, 75 killed. 20 April: In Punjab, at least 33 people died after eating sweets, accidentally tainted with insecticide. [ 284] 13-16 June: Pakistan-Afghanistan skirmishes, 1 Pakistani and 7 Afghans are killed. 16 September: 2016 September Pakistan mosque bombing, 36 killed.
January to June. 16 January – Kabir Bedi, actor. 1 February – Giri Babu, actor. 2 March – Morari Bapu, Hindu Kathakaar. 7 March – Gerald Almeida, bishop of Jabalpur. 18 March – Navin Nischol, actor of Bollywood films (died 2011). 4 June – S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, playback singer and actor (died 2020).
The history of independent India or history of Republic of India began when the country became an independent sovereign state within the British Commonwealth on 15 August 1947. Direct administration by the British, which began in 1858, affected a political and economic unification of the subcontinent. When British rule came to an end in 1947 ...