ÿþ<html> <head> <title> WHKMLA : Timelines : History of the Mughal Empire </title> <META name="keywords" keyword=""> <!-- copyright Alexander Ganse, 2005-2007 --> </head> <body bgcolor="grey" text="black" link="blue" vlink="red" alink="brown"> <style> <!-- A{ font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-face: arial; } --> </style> <DIV align ="center"> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../../index.html"> <img src = "../../whkmla2.jpg" border = "0"></a></TD></TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "200" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> Mughal Empire <BR> Index Page </b></font></TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xmughalempire.html"> <img src = "../../region/arrowleft.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xmughalempire.html"> <img src = "../banners/banmughalempire.jpg" border = "0"> </TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../../histatlas/india/haxmughalempire.html"> <img src = "../../region/arrowright.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD width = "200" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> Historical Atlas <BR> Mughal Empire </b></font></TD></TR></TABLE> <font size = "3" face = "arial"><B><i>First posted on December 1st 2005 </i></b></font><BR><BR><BR><BR> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- function SymError() { return true; 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Babur conquered Delhi, established the Mughal Empire <BR> Reign of Babur <BR> Reign of Humayun <BR> Interlude of the Sur Dynasty (Sher Shah 1540-1545); Humayun in exile <BR> Humayun, with Persian assistance, restored Mughal Empire; died <BR> Reign of Akbar (born in 1542); policy of religious tolerance, establishment of <BR> synchretistic religion of Din-i-Illahi (Kitab-ul-Illah); capital moved to Fatehpur Sikri <BR> Akbar declared mature; end of Regency <BR> Conquest of Malwa <BR> Conquest of <A HREF = "xgujarat.html">Gujarat</A> <BR> Conquest of <A HREF = "xbengal.html">Bengal</A> <BR> Reconquest of Kabul <BR> Conquest of <A HREF = "xjkashmir.html">Kashmir</A> <BR> Conquest of Khandesh <BR> Rule of Jahangir; capital moved to Agra <BR> Qandahar lost to <A HREF = "../centrasia/xiran.html">Persia</A> <BR> War over succession between Sha Jehan, Shahryar <BR> Rule of Shah Jehan <BR> Construction of Taj Mahal <BR> Conquest of Ahmednagar, begun in 1595, accomplished <BR> Qandahar regained from <A HREF = "../centrasia/xiran.html">Persia</A> <BR> Brief occupation of Balkh, Badakhshan <BR> Qandahar lost to <A HREF = "../centrasia/xiran.html">Persia</A> <BR> Mughal invasion of Golkonda, lead by Aurangzeb, recalled <BR> Mughal invasion of Bijapur, lead by Aurangzeb, recalled <BR> Mughal War of Succession <BR> Reign of Aurangzeb; policy of Religious Toleration ended <BR> Conquest of Lower <A HREF = "xassam.html">Assam</A> <BR> Conquest of Greater, Lesser Tibet (Ladakh) <BR> Chittagong regained from <A HREF = "../seasia/xarakan.html">Arakan</A> <BR> Rebellion of Mughal Prince Akbar <BR> Conquest of Bijapur <BR> Conquest of Golkonda <BR> Capture, execution (1689) of Shivaji's successor Sambhaji <BR> Militarization of the Sikhs, in the <A HREF = "xpunjab.html">Punjab</A> <BR> Reign of Bahadur Shah I., also called Shah Alam I. <BR> Restoration of <A HREF = "xmarathas.html">Maratha Empire</A>, which soon expanded at expense of the Mughal Empire <BR> Reign of Jahandar Shah <BR> Reign of Furrukhsiyar <BR> Reign of Rafi Ul-Darjat, Rafi Ud-Daulat, Nikusiyar <BR> Rule of Muhammad Ibrahim <BR> Rule of Muhammad Shah <BR> Nizam of <A HREF = "xhydeerabad.html">Hyderabad</A> ceased to be a Mughal Vassall; H. independent <BR> Nadir Shah, ruler of <A HREF = "../centrasia/xiran.html">Persia</A>, invaded Mughal Empire, took Delhi <BR> Rule of Ahmad Bahadur Shah; abdicated in 1754 <BR> Reign of Alamgir II. <BR> Reign of Shah Jahan III. <BR> Reign of Shah Alam II. <BR> Third Battle of Panipat; <A HREF = "xmarathas.html">Marathas</A> defeated by Afghans; Mughal Emperor fugitive <BR> Treaty of Allahabad, with <A HREF = "xeic.html">E.I.C</A>.; Mughal Empire ceded <A HREF = "xbengal.html">Bengal</A> w. <A HREF = "xbihar.html">Bihar</A>, <A HREF = "xorissa.html">Orissa</A> <BR> Shah Alam returned to Delhi <BR> Shah Alam placed under British protection <BR> Nominal reign of Akbar Shah II. <BR> Oudh (Avadh) ceded to be a Mughal Province, became independent <BR> Nominal reign of Bahadur Shah II. <BR> <A HREF = "../../military/19cen/sepoy185758.html">Sepoy Rebellion</A>; Bahadur Shah deposed, Mughal Empire annexed into <A HREF = "xbrindia.html">British India</A> <BR> Death of last Mughal Emperor, Bahadur Shah <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR><BR><BR> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- function SymError() { return true; } window.onerror = SymError; 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