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500 AD: Beginning of Bhakti cult in Tamil Nadu
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600 AD: Pallava dynasty governs southern India from Kanchi
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753 AD: Rashtrakutas, a Chalukya dynasty, expands from the Deccan into south and central India
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1019 AD: Mahmud Ghazni attacks north India and destroys Kannauj, which is the capital of the Gurjara-Pratihara Empire
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1192 AD: Mohammad of Ghori defeats Prithvi Raj, captures Delhi and establishes a Muslim sultanate at Delhi
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1751 AD: Britain becomes the leading colonial power in India
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1857 AD: First War of Indian Independence also known as Revolt of 1857 or Sepoy Mutiny
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1931 AD: Second Round Table Conference takes place and Irwin-Gandhi Pact is signed
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2001 October - India fires on Pakistani military posts in the heaviest firing along the dividing line of control in Kashmir for almost a year.
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2010 February - Bomb explosion in a restaurant popular with tourists in Pune, in the western state of Maharashtra, kills 16 people, sparking security fears.
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846 AD: Cholas get back their independence from the Pallavas
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985 AD: Rajaraja Chola extends the Chola Empire to all of south India and constructs the temple of Thanjavur