A.D. |
|
1556 |
Battle of Panipat: Akbar king of Delhi. |
1560–2 |
Jaunpur, Malwa, Burhanpur annexed. |
1567 |
Akbar storms Chitor. |
1569 |
Founding of Fathpur-Sikri. |
1572–3 |
Gujarat annexed. |
1574 |
The Hall of Worship built at Fathpur-Sikri. |
1575 |
Conquest of Bengal. |
1582 |
Todar Mal makes a new assessment of lands. |
1587 |
Kashmir, 1592 Sind, 1594 Kandahar annexed. |
1599 |
Conquest of Ahmadnagar in the Deccan. |
1600 |
Conquest of Asir in Khandesh. |
1600 |
Incorporation of the first East India Company. |
1605 |
Death of Akbar. |
1609–11 |
Hawkins at the court of Jahangir : English factory at Surat. |
1615–18 |
Sir Thomas Roe’s embassy to Jahangir. |
1616 |
Shah Jahan’s campaign in the Deccan. |
1622 |
Kandahar taken by Persia, recovered 1637, lost again 1648. |
1623 |
Pietro della Valle in India. |
1624 |
Rebellion of Shah Jahan against Jahangir and Nur Jahan. |
1627 |
Death of Jahangir. |
1631 |
Suppression of the Portuguese at Hugli. |
1635 |
Shah Jahan reduces Bijapur to tributary dependence. |
1638 |
Mandelslo at Agra. |
1640 |
Manrique in India. |
1646 |
Death of Nur Jahan. |
1648 |
Completion of the Taj Mahal at Agra. |
A.D. |
|
1648 |
New Delhi, Shahjahanabad, built. |
1648 |
Sivaji raids the Konkan. |
1649–52 |
Aurangzib fails to recover Kandahar from the Persians. |
1655 |
Aurangzib viceroy in the Deccan. |
1656 |
Golkonda attacked; Bidar and Kulbarga annexed. |
1658 |
War of succession : battle of Samugarh. |
1659 |
Accession of Aurangzib: death of Shah Jahan, 1666. |
1659–66 |
Bernier at the court of Aurangzib. |
1665 |
Tavernier in India. |
1666 |
Suppression of Portuguese pirates in Arakan. |
1671 |
Sivaji sacks Surat : Marathas supreme in the Deccan. |
1672 |
Satnami rebellion in Mewat. |
1676 |
Reimposition of the jizya, or poll-tax. |
1680 |
War with the Raj puts. |
1681 |
Aurangzib takes Command against the Marathas. |
1686 |
Fall of Bijapur, and 1687 of Golkonda. |
1695 |
Gemelli Careri at Aurangzib’s camp in the Deccan. |
1707 |
Death of Aurangzib. |
1708 |
Revolt of the Sikhs. |
1738 |
The Marathas advance to Delhi. |
1739 |
Nadir Shah sacks Delhi. |
1748 |
Afghan invasion under Ahmad Shah routed at Sirhind. |
1756 |
Ahmad Shah sacks Delhi. |
1757 |
Battle of Plassey: Clive defeats the Nawab. |
1761 |
Battle of Panipat : defeat of the Marathas. |
1764 |
Battle of Baxar: the Great Moghul becomes a pensioner of the East India Company. |