⚔ Battle
Shivaji kills Afzal Khan at Pratapgad
1659 – present · 📍 Pratapgad
What it led to: Bijapur's army was routed and Shivaji's power grew.
Where it happened.
Meanwhile (within 10 years)
- 1653 Taj Mahal completed · Mughal Empire
- 1656 ⚔ Dutch take Colombo from the Portuguese · Dutch Ceylon
- 1658 Aurangzeb becomes emperor · Mughal Empire
- 1661 Bombay passes to England · Portuguese Bassein & Bombay
- 1664 ⚔ Shivaji sacks Surat
- 1665 Treaty of Purandar
- 1666 Shivaji escapes from Agra
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