Badshah Shah Jahan
Following timeline covers some/few events from the life of Badshah Shah Jahan.
Note: – Dates are written in DD.MM.YYYY or Month/YYYY or YYYY format.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 05.01.1592 | Birth of Khurram (Shah Jahan) at Lahore |
| April 1612 | Marriage with Mumtaz Mahal (daughter of Asaf Khan) |
| 1622 | Killed Khusrau (Brother) at Burhanpur Fort |
| 23.01.1628 | Killed Shahryar (Brother), Dawarbakhsh and Gurshasp (Nephew), Tahmura and Hoshang (Cousins) |
| 14.02.1628 | Ascended throne at Agra |
| 27.02.1628 | Asaf Khan (Father-in-Law) made Mansabdar of eight thousand and Prime Minister |
| March 1628 | Celebration of Nauroz festival, costing two Crore rupees |
| 1628-31 | revolt of Khan Jahan Lodhi (Governor of Mughal Deccan) defeared and Killed near Kalinjar Fort |
| 1630-32 | Drought and famine in Deccan, remitted tax and relief measures were taken |
| 07.06.1631 | Mumtaz Mahal died at Burhanpur while giving birth to 14th child of Shah Jahan, out of 14 Childs 8 died in minority and 6 survived |
| 1631-32 | Suppression of Portuguese in Bengal |
| 1632 | Asaf Khan attack on Bijapur Failed |
| 17.06.1633 | Captured Daulatabad Fort, Capital of Ahmednagar Nizamshahi |
| October 1634 | Death of Mahabat Khan (Governor of Mughal Deccan) |
| 1635 | Revolt of Jujhar Singh in Bundelkhand, He was Killed along with two sons and other two sons were converted to Islam and ladies of his family were enslaved Aurangzeb was in Charge of this expedition |
| May 1636 | Bijapur and Gowalkonda accepted over lordship of Shahjahan and agreed to pay tribute |
| 28.02.1638 | Control over Kandahar Fort |
| 1646 | Balkh and Badakhshan controlled by Mughals |
| September 1647 | Uzbegs opposition was suppressed by Mughals but Balkh region handed over Nazar Muhammad as a vassal State and Mughal army left the region |
| 11.02.1649 | Loss of Kandahar fort |
| May 1649 | first attempt to recover Kandahar failed under Aurangzeb |
| 1652 | second attempt to recover Kandahar failed under Aurangzeb |
| 1653 | third attempt to recover Kandahar under Dara Shuko Failed with immense loss of wealth and lives of soldiers |
| September 1657 | Shah Jahan fall ill |
| 1657-58 | War of Succession among Dara Shuko, Shah Shuja, Aurangzeb and Murad Baksh |
| June 1658 | Put in confinement by Aurangzeb (Son), Aurangzeb became ruler of Mughal Empire |
| 22.01.1666 | died at Agra and buried in Taj Mahal, Agra |
References: – https://rohanvishwasjadhav.in/medieval-india/