Principality of Cooch Behar (Mughal Empire)

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Cooch Behar's period as vassal of the Mughal Empire.

Establishment

January 1601: The western portion of Koch Bihar, formed a separate unit that came under direct challenge by the Mughal Empire.

Chronology

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1. Conquests of Akbar the Great

Expansion during the rule of Akbar the Great in the Mughal Empire.

2. Ahom-Mughal conflicts

A series of conflicts between the Mughal Empire and the Ahom Kingdom in Assam.

January 1651: Koch Bihar falls under Ahom control through dynastic alliance.

January 1659: Aurangzeb, after ascending on the throne of Delhi, ordered Mir Jumla to invade Cooch Behar.

3. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

January 1627: Ngawang Namgyalm the founder of the Bhutanese state, consolidates control over western Bhutan.

January 1643: The Kingdom of Sikkim (Classical Tibetan and Sikkimese: འབྲས་ལྗོངས། Drenjong), earlier known as Dremoshong (Classical Tibetan and Sikkimese: འབྲས་མོ་གཤོངས།, official name until 1800s), was a hereditary monarchy from 1642 to 16 May 1975 in the Eastern Himalayas. It was ruled by Chogyals of the Namgyal dynasty.