⚔ Battle
Battle of Pollilur
1780 – present · 📍 Pollilur
What it led to: Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan destroyed a Company force under Colonel Baillie.
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Meanwhile (within 10 years)
- 1770 Great Bengal Famine · British East India Company
- 1773 Regulating Act; Warren Hastings Governor-General · British East India Company
- 1775 ⚔ First Anglo-Maratha War begins · Maratha Empire
- 1782 Treaty of Salbai · Scindia State (Gwalior)
- 1784 Asiatic Society founded · British East India Company
- 1784 Treaty of Mangalore · Kingdom of Mysore
Alive at the time
Velu Nachiyar
1730 – 1796
Queen of Sivaganga who fought the East India Company
Nana Fadnavis1742 – 1800
Peshwa minister called the 'Maratha Machiavelli'
Sir William Jones1746 – 1794
Founder of the Asiatic Society of Bengal
Pazhassi Raja1753 – 1805
Kerala ruler who fought the Company in the Cotiote War
Veerapandiya Kattabomman1760 – 1799
Palayakarar chieftain hanged for resisting the Company
Tyagaraja1767 – 1847
Carnatic composer, one of the musical Trinity
Raja Ram Mohan Roy1772 – 1833
Founder of the Brahmo Samaj who campaigned against sati
Lalon Fakirc. 1774 – c. 1890
Baul mystic poet of Bengal
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🗂 Era 1
- Medieval IndiaPart of this era
⏳ Periods 1
- Maratha Empire & Regional PowersBelongs to this period
🏛 Kingdoms & empires 12
- Sultanate of the Maldives 1153 – 1968Existed at the same time (551 years)
- Malla Dynasty of Nepal 1201 – 1769Existed at the same time (370 years)
- Delhi Sultanate 1206 – 1526Existed at the same time (127 years)
- Ahom Kingdom 1228 – 1826Existed at the same time (427 years)
- Mewar (Sisodia) 1326 – 1949Existed at the same time (550 years)
- Vijayanagara Empire 1336 – 1646Existed at the same time (247 years)
- Bahmani Sultanate 1347 – 1527Existed at the same time (128 years)
- Kingdom of Kandy 1469 – 1815Existed at the same time (346 years)
- Portuguese Estado da Índia 1505 – 1961Existed at the same time (445 years)
- Mughal Empire 1526 – 1857Existed at the same time (331 years)
- British East India Company 1600 – 1858Existed at the same time (258 years)
- Maratha Empire 1674 – 1818Existed at the same time (144 years)
👑 Rulers 5
- Raja Wodeyar I 1578 – 1617Ruled it
- Hyder Ali 1761 – 1782Ruled it
- Tipu Sultan 1782 – 1799Ruled it
- Krishnaraja Wodeyar III 1799 – 1868Ruled it
- Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV 1902 – 1940Ruled it
👤 People 1
- M. Visvesvaraya 1861 – 1962Lived under it
⚔ Events 6
- Fall of Srirangapatna 1799Happened in it
- First Anglo-Mysore War 1767Happened in it
- Treaty of Madras 1769Happened in it
- Battle of Pollilur 1780Happened in it
- Treaty of Mangalore 1784Happened in it
- Treaty of Seringapatam 1792Happened in it
🔧 Technology 3
- The first printing press September 1556Made or discovered in this time
- Jantar Mantar observatory early 18th centuryMade or discovered in this time
- The first passenger train 16 April 1853Made or discovered in this time
📄 Research 1
- The Passing of Empire: The Mughal Case M. Athar Ali · 1975Research on this topic
📚 Books 2
- Our Pasts I, II & III (Classes 6–8) NCERTRecommended reading
- Themes in Indian History, Parts I–III (Class 12) NCERTRecommended reading