Madurai Nayak dynasty (Mughal)

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Was an Indian Dynasty that emerged frome the Vijayanagara Empire in the XVII century. It ruled the Telugu region. From 1690 the dynasty was a Mughal vassal.

Establishment

January 1690: With the Mughal juggernaut approaching southern India, Rani Mangammal recognised it would be better to pay tribute to the Mughals than have them invade. She supporter their capture of Jinji from Rajaram, who would otherwise have attacked Madurai and Thanjavur, and ruled the fort as a Mughal vassal.

Chronology

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1. Conquests of Aurangzeb

Expansion during the rule of Aurangzeb in the Mughal Empire.

2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

January 1701: During the reign of Chikka Devaraja (r. 1672-1704), the Kingdom of Mysore grew to include Salem and Bangalore to the east, Hassan to the west, Chikkamagaluru and Tumkur to the north and the rest of Coimbatore to the south.

January 1720: In 1719, an army of Marathas marched to Delhi after defeating Sayyid Hussain Ali, the Mughal governor of Deccan, and deposed the Mughal emperor. The Mughal Emperors became puppets in the hands of their Maratha overlords from this point on.