⚔ Conquest / annexation
Dutch take Colombo from the Portuguese
1656 – present · 📍 Colombo
What it led to: Portuguese rule in Sri Lanka ended by 1658.
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Other battles within 40 km of this place.
Meanwhile (within 10 years)
- 1646 Last Vijayanagara stronghold falls · Aravidu Dynasty
- 1648 Shahjahanabad (Old Delhi) inaugurated · Mughal Empire
- 1653 Taj Mahal completed · Mughal Empire
- 1658 Aurangzeb becomes emperor · Mughal Empire
- 1659 ⚔ Shivaji kills Afzal Khan at Pratapgad
- 1661 Bombay passes to England · Portuguese Bassein & Bombay
- 1664 ⚔ Shivaji sacks Surat
- 1665 Treaty of Purandar
Alive at the time
Jijabai
1598 – 1674
Mother and mentor of Shivaji
Jean-Baptiste Tavernier1605 – 1689
French gem merchant who described the diamonds of Golconda
Samarth Ramdas1608 – 1681
Saint who wrote the Dasbodh
Jahanara Begum1614 – 1681
Shah Jahan's eldest daughter and Padshah Begum
Dara Shikoh1615 – 1659
Mughal prince who translated the Upanishads into Persian
François Bernier1620 – 1688
French physician who wrote Travels in the Mogul Empire
Guru Tegh Bahadur1621 – 1675
Ninth Sikh Guru executed in Delhi in 1675
Lachit Borphukan1622 – 1672
Ahom commander who won the Battle of Saraighat
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🗂 Era 1
- Modern IndiaPart of this era
⏳ Periods 1
- European Maritime PowersBelongs to this period
🏛 Kingdoms & empires 12
- Dutch East India Company (VOC) in IndiaPart of
- Sultanate of the Maldives 1153 – 1968Existed at the same time (138 years)
- Malla Dynasty of Nepal 1201 – 1769Existed at the same time (111 years)
- Ahom Kingdom 1228 – 1826Existed at the same time (138 years)
- Mewar (Sisodia) 1326 – 1949Existed at the same time (138 years)
- Kingdom of Mysore 1399 – 1950Existed at the same time (138 years)
- Kingdom of Kandy 1469 – 1815Existed at the same time (138 years)
- Portuguese Estado da Índia 1505 – 1961Existed at the same time (138 years)
- Mughal Empire 1526 – 1857Existed at the same time (138 years)
- British East India Company 1600 – 1858Existed at the same time (138 years)
- Maratha Empire 1674 – 1818Existed at the same time (122 years)
- Nawabs of Bengal 1717 – 1765Existed at the same time (48 years)
⚔ Events 1
- Dutch take Colombo from the Portuguese 1656Happened in it
📍 Places & sites 1
- Galle Fort 1663A place of this polity
🔧 Technology 1
- Jantar Mantar observatory early 18th centuryMade or discovered in this time
📄 Research 2
- Connected Histories: Notes towards a Reconfiguration of Early Modern Eurasia Sanjay Subrahmanyam · 1997Research on this topic
- The Portuguese, the port of Basrur, and the rice trade, 1600-50 Sanjay Subrahmanyam · 1984Research on this topic
📚 Books 1
- A History of Sri Lanka K. M. de SilvaRecommended reading