β Battle
Battle of Swally
1612 β present Β· π Suvali near Surat
English defeat the Portuguese; Surat factory follows.
What it led to: The English defeated the Portuguese and won trading rights at Surat.
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Other battles within 40 km of this place.
Meanwhile (within 10 years)
- 1602 Dutch East India Company (VOC) founded Β· Dutch East India Company (VOC) in India
- 1604 Adi Granth installed at Harmandir Sahib
- 1605 Death of Akbar Β· Mughal Empire
- 1606 Execution of Guru Arjan Dev Β· Mughal Empire
- 1611 English factory at Masulipatnam Β· British East India Company
- 1615 Sir Thomas Roe at Jahangir's court Β· Mughal Empire
- 1616 Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal arrives in Bhutan Β· Bhutan under the Zhabdrung (Druk Desi)
Alive at the time
Tulsidas
c. 1532 β c. 1623
Author of the Ramcharitmanas
Abdul Qadir Badayunic. 1540 β c. 1615
Historian who wrote the Muntakhab-ut-Tawarikh
Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khanan1556 β 1627
Poet of the Rahim ke dohe and general of Akbar
Muhammad Qasim Ferishtac. 1560 β c. 1620
Historian of the Deccan who wrote the Tarikh-i-Ferishta
Nur Jahan1577 β 1645
Jahangir's empress and the power behind his throne
Sir Thomas Roe1581 β 1644
English ambassador to the court of Jahangir
Mumtaz Mahal1593 β 1631
Shah Jahan's wife in whose memory the Taj Mahal was built
Jijabai1598 β 1674
Mother and mentor of Shivaji
πΈ Connections 39 links
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π Era 1
- Modern IndiaPart of this era
β³ Periods 1
- East India Company RuleBelongs to this period
π Kingdoms & empires 12
- Fort St George, Madras 1639 β 1858Part of it
- Bombay (English East India Company) 1668 β 1858Part of it
- Sultanate of the Maldives 1153 β 1968Existed at the same time (258 years)
- Malla Dynasty of Nepal 1201 β 1769Existed at the same time (169 years)
- Ahom Kingdom 1228 β 1826Existed at the same time (226 years)
- Mewar (Sisodia) 1326 β 1949Existed at the same time (258 years)
- Vijayanagara Empire 1336 β 1646Existed at the same time (46 years)
- Kingdom of Mysore 1399 β 1950Existed at the same time (258 years)
- Kingdom of Kandy 1469 β 1815Existed at the same time (215 years)
- Portuguese Estado da Γndia 1505 β 1961Existed at the same time (258 years)
- Mughal Empire 1526 β 1857Existed at the same time (257 years)
- Maratha Empire 1674 β 1818Existed at the same time (144 years)
π Rulers 6
- Robert Clive 1758 β 1760Ruled it
- Robert Clive 1765 β 1767Ruled it
- Warren Hastings 1773 β 1785Ruled it
- Lord Cornwallis 1786 β 1793Ruled it
- Lord Wellesley 1798 β 1805Ruled it
- Lord Hastings 1813 β 1823Ruled it
π€ People 5
- Sir William Jones 1746 β 1794Lived under it
- Raja Ram Mohan Roy 1772 β 1833Lived under it
- James Prinsep 1799 β 1840Lived under it
- Thomas Babington Macaulay 1800 β 1859Lived under it
- Mangal Pandey 1827 β 1857Lived under it
β Events 6
- East India Company chartered 1600Happened in it
- Job Charnock founds Calcutta 1690Happened in it
- Battle of Plassey 1757Happened in it
- Battle of Buxar 1764Happened in it
- Diwani of Bengal granted 1765Happened in it
- Great Bengal Famine 1770Happened in it
π Places & sites 1
- Fort William, Calcutta 1696A place of this polity
π§ Technology 2
- Jantar Mantar observatory early 18th centuryMade or discovered in this time
- The first passenger train 16 April 1853Made or discovered in this time
π Research 3
- Law, State and Agrarian Society in Colonial India D. A. Washbrook Β· 1981Research on this topic
- Knowing the Country: Empire and Information in India C. A. Bayly Β· 1993Research on this topic
- The Company Army and Rural Society: The Invalid Thanah 1780β1830 Seema Alavi Β· 1993Research on this topic
π Books 2
- History of Modern India Bipan ChandraRecommended reading
- A Brief History of Modern India Rajiv AhirRecommended reading