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Mar 3, 1526
In a battle at Panipat Babur defeats the sultan of Delhi, launching the Mughal empire in India
In a battle at Panipat Babur defeats the sultan of Delhi, launching the Mughal empire in India -
Mar 3, 1530
The first Mughal emperor, Babur, dies in India and is succeeded by his son, Humayun
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Mar 3, 1556
Humayun dies and Akbar, the greatest of the Mughal emperors, inherits the throne at the age of thirteen
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On the death of Akbar, his son Jahangir succeeds to the Mughal throne
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The British East India establishes a 'factory' (a secure warehouse for the storing of Indian goods) at Surat, on the west coast
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Sir Thomas Roe, the first British ambassador to India, arrives at the court of the Mughal emperor Jahangir
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The British East India Company completes the construction of Fort St George in Madras
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For the final years of his life the emperor Shah Jahan is held a prisoner, by his son Aurangzeb, in Agra's Red Fort
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England's East India Company is granted a lease on Bombay by Charles II, who has received it from his Portuguese bride
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The death of Aurangzeb introduces the long period of decline of the Mughal empire
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The first Anglo-Sikh war breaks out between Sikh forces in the Punjab and encroaching forces of Britain's East India Company
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The second Anglo-Sikh war begins when a British army invades the Punjab to suppress a local uprising
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A British victory at the Battle of Gujarat effectively ends the second Anglo-Sikh war, and is followed by annexation of the Punjab
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Animal fat on a new issue of cartridges sparks off the Indian Mutiny, also know as the First War of Indian Independence
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The end of the Indian Mutiny is followed by brutal British retaliation
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The India Act places India under the direct control of the British government, ending the rule of the East India Company
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The last Mughal emperor, Bahadur Shah II, is deposed by the British and exiled to Rangoon, in Burma