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Was a Sunni Muslim empire based in Bengal.
Establishment
January 1353: Unification of Bengal by Ilyas Shah. He controlled an area stretching from Assam in the east to Varanasi in the west.
January 1353: Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah was the ruler of Satgaon who defeated Sonargaon in 1352. This victory led to the establishment of the Bengal Sultanate, consolidating his power in the region.
January 1353: Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah was the ruler of Satgaon who defeated Sonargaon in 1352, establishing the Bengal Sultanate. This marked the consolidation of power in the region under the rule of the Ilyas Shahi dynasty.
January 1353: Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah was the ruler of Satgaon who defeated Sonargaon in 1352. This led to the establishment of the Bengal Sultanate, consolidating his power in the region.
Chronology
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Was a long-lasting conflict between the Bengal Sultanate and the Delhi Sultanate.
1.1.First Phase of the Bengal Sultanate-Delhi Sultanate War
Was the first phase of the Bengal Sultanate-Delhi Sultanate War and consisted in an invasion of Bengal by the Delhi Sultanate.
January 1354: Firuz Shah Tughluq, the Delhi sultan, led his army and navy into Bengal in 1353. Ilyas Shah's forces deserted the capital Lakhnauti and took shelter in the Ekdala fort. The Delhi army occupied Lakhnauti and issued a proclamation asking locals to pledge allegiance to Delhi.
February 1354: The First Phase of the Bengal Sultanate-Delhi Sultanate War was settled after Bengal agreed to pay an annual tribute to Delhi.
1.2.Second Phase of the Bengal Sultanate-Delhi Sultanate War
Was the second phase of the Bengal Sultanate-Delhi Sultanate War and consisted in an invasion of Bengal by the Delhi Sultanate.
January 1360: Firuz Shah Tughluq of Delhi again invaded Bengal in 1359 when Ilyas Shah's successor Sikandar Shah took the throne. He felt Sikandar Shah had violated the terms of the treaty reached with his father and sought to place the son-in-law of one of Ilyas Shah's rivals as the sultan of Bengal. During the invasion, Sikandar Shah based himself in Ekdala fort like his father.
January 1360: The Delhi army besieged Ekdala fort for months. After growing exhausted of Bengal's climate, the Delhi Sultan reached a peace treaty with Sikandar Shah. Delhi recognized Sikandar as an independent ruler. The peace treaty ensured Bengal's independence for two centuries.
The fall of Calicut occurred in 1526, when the Zamorin, the local Indian ruler, captured the fort of Calicut from the Portuguese.
July 1526: The fall of Calicut in 1526 occurred when the Zamorin, the ruler of the Kingdom of Calicut in India, captured the fort from the Portuguese, who had established a trading post in the region. This event marked a significant shift in power dynamics in the region, with the territory eventually coming under the control of the Bengal Sultanate.
Expansion during the rule of Akbar the Great in the Mughal Empire.
3.1.Mughal invasion of Bengal
Was an invasion of the Sultanate of Bengal, then ruled by the Afghan Karrani dynasty, by the Mughal Empire in 1572-1576. After a series of intense battles, the Mughals eventually defeated the Sultanate of Bengal in the Battle of Raj Mahal in 1576, and annexed the region into their empire as the province of Bengal.
July 1576: After a series of intense battles, the Mughals eventually defeated the Sultanate of Bengal in the Battle of Raj Mahal in 1576, and annexed the region into their empire as the province of Bengal.
January 1401: The Twipra Kingdom is established by Maha Manikya. It encompassed the Barak valley (Cachar Plains) of present day Assam state of India, the Mizoram state of India, and the Tripura state of India.
January 1403: Establishment of the Jaunpur Sultanate. To the east, the kingdom extended to Bihar, and to the west, to Kanauj.
January 1408: Mahmud Shah, the ruler of the Jaunpur Sultanate, was successful in conquering Chunar, but failed to capture Kalpi.
January 1451: An inscription in the Jagannath temple of Puri that is dated to the year 1450 A.D narrates the conquest of Gauda by Kapilendra Deva after defeating Malika Parisa which in short refers to the contemporary sultan of Bengal by the name Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah.
January 1467: In 1466, during the reign of King Prataparudra Deva, the Gajapati Kingdom reached its maximal extent as shown on the map. The territory expanded significantly under his rule.
January 1499: The last rulers of the Kamata Kingdom were the Khens, who were displaced in 1498 by Alauddin Hussain Shah.
January 1501: Though Hussain Shah developed extensive administrative structures, he lost political control of Kamata (a region corresponding to present-day undivided districts of Kamrup, Goalpara, Jalpaiguri, and Koch Behar in India and Rangpur and northern parts of Mymensingh in Bangladesh) to a confederation of Baro-Bhuyan within a few years.
January 1501: In 1500, the Kingdom of Vursut, a medieval Hindu kingdom ruled by King Vursut, expanded its territory to include what is now Howrah and Hooghly. This kingdom was known for its rich cultural heritage and strategic location in present-day West Bengal, India.
January 1512: The Portuguese factory and fort in Kozhikode were established by explorer Afonso de Albuquerque in 1511.
January 1514: The Pratapgarh Kingdom came under Bengali suzerainty.
January 1514: Bengal sultan Alauddin Husain Shah annexed large parts of the Twipra Kingdom.
January 1516: Dhanya Manikya expanded Tripura's territorial domain well into Eastern Bengal establishing control over entire Comilla district and parts of Sylhet, Noakhali and Chittagong districts of Bangladesh.
January 1517: In 1516, Hussain Shah, the ruler of Bengal Sultanate, waged campaigns against the Gajapati rulers of Orissa. As a result, he secured control of northern Orissa, expanding his territory and influence in the region.
January 1517: Hussain Shah extended Bengali territory in the west beyond Bihar, up to Saran in Jaunpur.
January 1531: The second Mughal ruler Humayun occupied the Bengali capital of Gaur during the invasion of Sher Shah Suri against both the Mughals and Bengal Sultans.
January 1541: Muhammad Khan ended the interrupting period of Delhi's rule and re-established the Bengal Sultanate.
January 1546: A legend states that the Raja of Bamra belonged to the Gangabasi dynasty of Patna. He is believed to have been stolen as a child and was made the ruler of the state of Bamra by the Bhuiya and Khond people around 1545.
January 1551: According to tradition, the first ruler of the Pal Lahara State was a Suryavanshi Rajput of Dharanagar named Santosh Pal. While returning from a pilgrimage to Puri he crossed this territory and made peace between two local tribal groups. As a result, Santosh Pal was elected as ruler by the Sabara people, one of the tribes involved in the conflict.
January 1569: By end of 1568, Odisha was under the control of Sulaiman Khan Karrani.
Disestablishment
July 1576: After a series of intense battles, the Mughals eventually defeated the Sultanate of Bengal in the Battle of Raj Mahal in 1576, and annexed the region into their empire as the province of Bengal.
Bengal Sultanate
