⚔ Battle
Battle of Colachel
1741 – present · 📍 Colachel
Travancore defeats the Dutch East India Company.
What it led to: Travancore defeated the Dutch, ending Dutch ambitions in Kerala.
Where it happened.
Meanwhile (within 10 years)
- 1737 ⚔ Baji Rao raids Delhi · Maratha Empire
- 1739 ⚔ Nadir Shah sacks Delhi · Mughal Empire
- 1742 ⚔ Maratha (Bargi) raids on Bengal · Nawabs of Bengal
- 1746 ⚔ French capture Madras (First Carnatic War) · French India
- 1747 Ahmad Shah Durrani founds the Durrani Empire · Durrani Empire
- 1749 ⚔ Battle of Ambur · Carnatic (Nawabs of Arcot)
- 1751 ⚔ Siege of Arcot · Carnatic (Nawabs of Arcot)
Alive at the time
Nadir Shah
1688 – 1747
Persian ruler who sacked Delhi in 1739
Velu Nachiyar1730 – 1796
Queen of Sivaganga who fought the East India Company
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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 (220 years)
- Malla Dynasty of Nepal 1201 – 1769Existed at the same time (40 years)
- Ahom Kingdom 1228 – 1826Existed at the same time (97 years)
- Mewar (Sisodia) 1326 – 1949Existed at the same time (220 years)
- Kingdom of Mysore 1399 – 1950Existed at the same time (220 years)
- Kingdom of Kandy 1469 – 1815Existed at the same time (86 years)
- Portuguese Estado da Índia 1505 – 1961Existed at the same time (220 years)
- Mughal Empire 1526 – 1857Existed at the same time (128 years)
- British East India Company 1600 – 1858Existed at the same time (129 years)
- Maratha Empire 1674 – 1818Existed at the same time (89 years)
- Nawabs of Bengal 1717 – 1765Existed at the same time (36 years)
- Hyderabad State (Nizams) 1724 – 1948Existed at the same time (219 years)
👑 Rulers 2
- Marthanda Varma 1729 – 1758Ruled it
- Chithira Thirunal 1931 – 1949Ruled it
👤 People 2
- Raja Ravi Varma 1848 – 1906Lived under it
- Sree Narayana Guru 1856 – 1928Lived under it
⚔ Events 1
- Battle of Colachel 1741Happened in it
🔧 Technology 3
- The first passenger train 16 April 1853Made or discovered in this time
- Electric light arrives 1879Made or discovered in this time
- Darjeeling Himalayan Railway 1881Made 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