| Age |
Event |
| 1026 |
Mahmud Ghazni sacks Somnath Temple |
| 1191 |
Prithviraj Chauhan routs Muhammad Ghori: the first battle of
Tarain |
| 1192 |
Ghori defeats Prithviraj Chauhan: the second battle of Tarain
|
| 1206 |
Qutbuddin establishes the Slave Dynasty |
| 1221 |
Mongol invasion under Genghis Khan |
| 1232 |
Foundation of the Qutub Minar |
| 1288 |
Marco Polo visits India |
| 1290 |
Jalaludin Firuz Khalji establishes the Khalji dynasty |
| 1320 |
Ghiyasuddin Tughluk founds the Tughluk dynasty |
| 1325 |
Accession of Muhammad-bin-Tughluk |
| 1336 |
Foundation of Vijayanagar (Deccan) |
| 1398 |
Timur invades India |
| 1424 |
Rise of the Bahmani dynasty (Deccan) |
| 1451 |
The Lodi dynasty established in Delhi |
| 1489 |
Adil Shah dynasty at Bijapur |
| 1490 |
Nizam Shahi dynasty at Ahmednagar |
| 1498 |
First voyage of Vasco da gama |
| 1510 |
Portuguese capture Goa |
| 1518 |
Kutub Shahi dynasty at Golconda |
| 1526 |
Establishment of the Mughul Dynasty; First Battle of Panipat:
Babur defeats Lodis |
| 1526-1530 |
Reign of Babur |
| 1530 |
Humayun succeeds Babur |
| 1538 |
Death of Guru Nanak |
| 1539 |
Sher Shah Suri defeats Humayan and becomes Emperor of Delhi |
| 1555 |
Humayun recovers the throne of Delhi |
| 1556 |
Death of Humayun; Hemu re-establishes the Hindu Raj in India in Oct 1556, after winning 22 battles against Afghan rebels and Akbar. After Hemu is killed in a freak accident in Panipat, accession of Akbar |
| 1564 |
Akbar abolishes poll tax on Hindus |
| 1565 |
Battle of Talikota: Muslim rulers in Deccan defeats Vijaynagar
Empire |
| 1568 |
Fall of Chittor |
| 1571 |
Foundation of Fatehpur Sikri by Akbar |
| 1572 |
Akbar annexes Gujarat |
| 1573 |
Surat surrenders to Akbar |
| 1575 |
Battle of Tukaroi |
| 1576 |
Battle of Haldighat: Akbar defeats
Rana Pratap; Subjugation of Bengal |
| 1577 |
Akbar troops invade Khandesh |
| 1580 |
Accession of Ibrahim Adil Shah II in Bengal; Rebellion in
Bihar and Bengal |
| 1581 |
Akbar's march against Muhammad Hakim and reconciliation with
him |
| 1582 |
Divine Faith promulagated |
| 1586 |
Annexation of Kashmir |
| 1591 |
Mughul conquest of Sind |
| 1592 |
Annexation of Orissa |
| 1595 |
Siege of Ahmednagar; Annexation of Baluchistan |
| 1597 |
Akbar completes his conquests |
| 1600 |
Charter to the English East India
Company |
| 1602 |
Formation of the United East India Company of Netherlands |
| 1605 |
Death of Akbar and Accession of Jahangir |
| 1606 |
Rebellion of Khusrav; Execution of the Fifth Sikh Guru, Arjan |
| 1607 |
Sher Afghan first, husband of Nur Jahan, killed |
| 1608 |
Malik Ambar takes Ahmednagar |
| 1609 |
The Dutch open a factory at Pulicat |
| 1612 |
The English establish a factory at Masulipatnam |
| 1615 |
Mughul Governor of Bengal defeats the Afghans; Mughuls annex
Kuch ajo |
| 1616 |
Submission
of Mewar to the Mughuls; Arrival of Sir Thomas Roe in India |
| 1620 |
The
Dutch establish a factory at Surat |
| 1621 |
Capture
of Kangra Fort; Malik Ambar revolts in the Deccan |
| 1622 |
Shah
Abbas of Persia beseiges and takes Qandahar |
| 1623 |
Shah
Jahan revolts against Jahangir |
| 1624 |
Suppression
of Shah Jahan's rebellion |
| 1626 |
Rebellion
of Mahabat Khan |
| 1627 |
Death
of Jahangir; Accession of Shah Jahan |
| 1628 |
Shah
Jahan proclaimed Emperor |
| 1631 |
Death
of Shah Jahan's wife Mumtaz Mahal; The construction of Taj Mahal |
| 1632 |
Mughul
invasion of Bijapur |
| 1633 |
End
of Ahmednagar Dynasty |
| 1636 |
Aurangzeb
appointed Viceroy of Deccan |
| 1639 |
Foundation
of Fort St. George at Madras by the English |
| 1646 |
Shivaji
captures Torna |
| 1656 |
The
Mughuls attack Hyderabad and Golkunda; Annexation of Javli by Shivaji |
| 1657 |
Invasion
of Bijapur by Aurangzeb; Aurangzeb captures Bidar and Kalyani |
| 1658 |
Coronation of Aurangzeb |
| 1659 |
Battles
of Khajwah and Deorai |
| 1661 |
Cession
of Bombay to the English; Mughul capture of Cooch Bihar |
| 1664 |
Shivaji
sacks Surat and assumes royal title |
| 1666 |
Death
of Shah Jahan; Shivaji's visit to Agra and escape |
| 1674 |
Shivaji assumes the title of Chhatrapati |
| 1678 |
Marwar
occupied by the Mughuls |
| 1680 |
Death
of Shivaji; Rebellion of Prince Akbar |
| 1686 |
English
war with the Mughuls; Fall of Bijapur |
| 1689 |
Execution
of Sambhaji |
| 1690 |
Peace
between the Mughuls and the English |
| 1691 |
Aurangzeb
at the zenith of his power |
| 1698 |
The
new English company trading to the East Indies |
| 1699 |
First
Maratha raid on Malwa |
| 1700 |
Death
of Rajaram and regency of his widow Tara Bai |
| 1702 |
Amalgamation
of English and the London East India Companies |
| 1707 |
Death
of Aurangzeb; Battle of Jajau |
| 1714 |
Husain
Ali appointed Viceroy of the Deccan, signs treaty with the Marathas |
| 1720 |
Accession
of Baji Rao Peshwa at Poona |
| 1739 |
Nadir
Shah conquers Delhi; The Marathas capture Salsette and Bassein |
| 1740 |
Accession
of Balaji Rao Peshwa; The Marathas invade Arcot |
| 1742 |
Marathas
invade Bengal |
| 1748 |
First
Anglo-French war in India |
| 1750 |
War
of the Deccan and Carnatic Succession; Death of Nasir Jang |
| 1751 |
Treaty
of Alivadi with the Marathas |
| 1756 |
Siraj-ud-daulah
captures Calcutta |
