Badshah Aurangzeb
Following timeline covers some/few events from the life of Badshah Aurangzeb.
Note: – Dates are written in DD.MM.YYYY or Month/YYYY or YYYY format.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 24.10.1618 | Birth of Aurangzeb at Dohad |
| 1634 | received Mansab of Ten Thousand |
| 1635 | brutally crushed the revolt of Jujhar Singh of Bundelkhand |
| 1636-44 | Viceroy of Deccan |
| 08.05.1637 | Marriage with Dilras Banu Begam at Agra |
| 1637-38 | Marriage with Nawab Bai |
| 19.12.1639 | Birth of Muhammad Sultan (Son) |
| 04.10.1643 | Birth of Prince Muazzam (Bahadur Shah) (Son) |
| 1645-46 | Governor of Gujrat |
| 1647 | In-charge of Balkh expedition |
| 1648-52 | Governor of Multan and Sind |
| 1649 | failed to recover Kandahar |
| 1652 | second time failed to recover Kandahar, second time viceroy of Deccan |
| 28.06.1653 | Birth of Muhammad Azam (Son) |
| 11.09.1657 | Birth of Muhammad Akbar (Son) |
| September 1657 | Shah Jahan fall ill |
| April 1658 | Murad and Aurangzeb Army joined hands against Dara Shuko at Ujjain |
| 25.04.1658 | Battle at Dharmat, Aurangzeb overpowered Jaswant Singh |
| May 1658 | Battle at Samugarh, defeated Dara Shuko’s army |
| June 1658 | Shah Jahan (Father) put in confinement by Aurangzeb |
| 25.06.1658 | treacherously arrested Murad (brother) |
| 21.07.1658 | ascended the throne |
| September 1658 | killed Dara Shuko (Brother) |
| 05.01.1659 | defeated Shah Shuja (Brother) |
| 05.06.1659 | Coronation ceremony at red fort, Delhi |
| May 1660 | death of Shah Shuja (Brother) |
| 1661 | Attack on Assam (Ahom State) |
| 04.12.1661 | executed Murad (Brother) in Delhi Fort |
| May 1662 | poisoned Suleiman Shuko (Nephew) to death in Gwalior Fort |
| January 1664 | Maratha sack Mughal city Surat |
| June 1665 | Peace Treaty with Marathas |
| 26.01.1666 | Subjugation of Portuguese in Bengal |
| January 1666 | death of Shah Jahan in Aurangzeb’s captivity |
| 12.05.1666 | meet with Shivaji Maharaj at Agra |
| 17.08.1666 | Shivaji Maharaj escape from Agra |
| 1667-68 | Ahom State recovered most of their lost territory from Mughals |
| October 1670 | Maratha sack Mughal city Surat |
| 1670-72 | Maratha recovered majority of territory from Mughals, that were given in 1665 treaty to Mughals |
| 1672-73 | revolt of Satnamis |
| 11.11.1675 | execution of Guru Teg Bahadur after torcher at Delhi |
| 03.12.1676 | Death of Muhammad Sultan (Son) in jail at Gwalior |
| 02.04.1679 | re-imposition of Jiziya tax and declaration of Jehad (Holy War) against non-Muslim |
| 1679 | Annexation of Jodhpur State |
| 1680 | Prince Akbar revolt against Aurangzeb with the help of Durgadas Rathod |
| 1681 | Mughals loss Guwahati, Durgadas Rathod and Prince Akbar took shelter in Chhatrapati Sambhaji’s territory |
| 24.06.1681 | Beginning of Aurangzeb’s Deccan expedition |
| September 1686 | Annexation of Bijapur into Mughal Empire |
| 20.02.1687 to 09.05.1695 | Prince Muazzam (Son) put in jail by Aurangzeb |
| September 1687 | Annexation of Qutubshahi into Mughal territory |
| 11.03.1689 | Murder of Maratha Chhatrapati Sambhaji after horrific torcher |
| November 1689 | captured Maratha Capital, Raigad |
| 1689 to 1700 | Chhatrapati Rajaram continued fight against Aurangzeb |
| 1690 to 1698 | Siege of Jinji Fort, after eight years of struggle Aurangzeb captured Maratha fort |
| 1691 | Nawab Bai (wife) died in Aurangzeb’s captivity |
| 1699 | Foundation of Khalsa by Sikhs |
| 1700 to 1707 | Tararani (daughter-in-law) of Chhatrapati Shivaji continued fight against Mughal army in deccan |
| 26.05.1702 | Death of Zebunnisa (daughter) in Aurangzeb’s Jail |
| November 1704 | Death of Prince Akbar in Persia |
| 21.02.1707 | Death of Aurangzeb, buried at Khuldabad |
References: – https://rohanvishwasjadhav.in/medieval-india/