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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 ...
This is a timeline of Indian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in India and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of India. also see the list of governors-general of India, list of prime ministers of India and Years in India.
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 International Commission of Inquiry for Burundi presented to the United Nations Security Council in 1996 concluded that the Ikiza was a genocide. [ 114] As much as 10% to 15% of the Hutu population of Burundi killed [ 113] Bangladesh genocide. East Pakistan (now Bangladesh ) 1971. 300,000[ 115]
1500-800 BCE [1] Shakhas. Vedic school. Each school taught a Veda in a specific way, over time evolving specific styles and emphasis, based on how / by whom / where it was taught. Brahmanas. Commentary and elaboration on vedas and description of religious procedures. 900-500 BCE [2] Upanishads.
Late modern period. For a timeline of events from 1801 to 1900, see Timeline of the 19th century. For a timeline of events from 1901 to 1945, see Timeline of the 20th century. For 1914–1918, see Timeline of World War I. For 1939–1945 see Timeline of World War II.
History of India. Historiography is the study of the methods of historians in developing history as an academic discipline, and by extension is any body of historical work on a particular subject. The historiography of a specific topic covers how historians have studied that topic using particular sources, techniques, and theoretical approaches.
India Nepal: Vajjika League: c. 6th century BCE c. 468 BCE Vaishali: Sanskrit India Nepal: Malla: c. 4th century BCE c. 7th century: Kusinārā, Pāvā: Prakrit India Nepal: Matsya Kingdom: 700 BCE 345 BCE ViratNagar: Sanskrit India: Surasena Kingdom: 700 BCE 345 BCE Mathura: Sanskrit India: Avanti Kingdom: 700 BCE 300 BCE Ujjayini: Sanskrit India