Political Transition

  • Sep 7, 1526

    Mughal Take Over

    Battle of Painpat won by Babur over Ibrahim Lodi.
  • Mar 21, 1530

    The Mughak Empire Dies

    Babur, the first Mughal empire, dies and is succeeded by his son, Humayun.
  • May 16, 1543

    Driven West

    Humayun id friven to Afgahstain by Sher Sheh, losing his families inheritance.
  • Feb 6, 1555

    Humayun Dies

    Akbar, Humayun son, succeeds him unfer a regent Bairam Khan, who helped comsolidate the Mighal Empire.
  • May 27, 1555

    Humayun Returns

    Restoration of Mughal rule begins after his return but he dies in a fatal accident.
  • Jul 3, 1556

    Akbar Extends Emprie

    He extended the emire in all directions and controled most of India. He created a new class of nobility.
  • Jahangir Succeeds

    Akbars son, Jahangir, rules the emprie at its peak, but he has an addiction opium.
  • British East India

    The British establish a secure warehouse for storing the goods of India
  • Sir Thomas Roe

    The first British Ambassador to India arrives at the court
  • Destroying of the Temples

    Jahangir's son, Shan Jahan, orders the destruction of all the HIndu temples
  • Fort St George

    The British East India finish the construction
  • Lease on Bombay

    Englands East company is granted a less on Bombay by Charles the second, which he recieved from his Portuguese bride.
  • France gains Control

    France has six fortifled trading settlements around the coast of India which Pondicherry is the most important.
  • Death of Aurangzeb

    This inroduces a long decline of the Mughal Empire.
  • The Reign of Shah Alam II

    Following the defet of the Battle of Buxar in 1764, Shah alam II left for Delhi for Allahabad, which mark the begingin of the English rule in India.
  • Battle of Wandiwash

    The British East Company defeted the French forces which ended almost a century of conflictover surpremacy in India
  • Battle of Buxar

    Under Major adams British army defeted Mir Kasim the Nawab of Bengal.
  • Pitts India Act

    British Parliament appointed a Board of Control which provided a joint governmetn of the company, and the crown.
  • Appointment of Lord Cornwalls

    He was appointed governer-General and become the first effective ruler pf the British India inder the conrol of the Board of Control and the Court of Directors.
  • The Reign of Bahadur Shah II

    Being the last emperor of the Mughal Empire, he was exiled by the British to BUrma after the Indian Rebellion of 1857This marked the end of the Mughal Dynasty