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16th century CE · 5

1510 Portuguese capture Goa Conquest / annexation
Afonso de Albuquerque takes Goa from Bijapur.
Goa became the capital of the Portuguese Estado da Índia until 1961.
Goa Portuguese Estado da Índia
1535 Humayun takes Mandu and Champaner Conquest / annexation Champaner Mughal Empire
1558 Portuguese occupy Malé Conquest / annexation Malé Portuguese Malé
1573 Akbar conquers Gujarat Conquest / annexation Ahmedabad Mughal Empire
1586 Mughals annex Kashmir Conquest / annexation Srinagar Mughal Empire

17th century CE · 4

1601 Asirgarh falls to Akbar Conquest / annexation Asirgarh Mughal Empire
1656 Dutch take Colombo from the Portuguese Conquest / annexation
Portuguese rule in Sri Lanka ended by 1658.
Colombo Dutch Ceylon
1686 Mughals annex Bijapur Conquest / annexation
The Adil Shahi dynasty of Bijapur ended.
Bijapur Mughal Empire
1687 Mughals annex Golconda Conquest / annexation
The Qutb Shahi dynasty of Golconda ended.
Golconda Mughal Empire

18th century CE · 2

1768 Prithvi Narayan Shah conquers Kathmandu Conquest / annexation
Birth of modern Nepal.
Kathmandu became the capital of a unified Nepal.
Kathmandu Kingdom of Nepal — expansion era
1796 British take coastal Ceylon from the Dutch Conquest / annexation
Coastal Sri Lanka passed to Britain, confirmed by the Treaty of Amiens.
Colombo British Ceylon

19th century CE · 4

1803 British capture Delhi Conquest / annexation
The Mughal emperor came under British protection.
Delhi British East India Company
1843 Annexation of Sindh Conquest / annexation
Sindh was annexed after the Battle of Miani.
Hyderabad (Sindh) British East India Company
1849 Punjab annexed Conquest / annexation
After the Second Anglo-Sikh War.
The Sikh Empire ended and Maharaja Duleep Singh was pensioned off.
Lahore British East India Company
1856 Awadh annexed Conquest / annexation
Wajid Ali Shah was deposed on the charge of misgovernance.
Lucknow British East India Company