Bijapur Sultanate
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Was on the Deccan sultanates, centred on present-day Bijapur district, Karnataka in India.
Establishment
January 1519: By 1518 the Bijapur Sultanate controlled the western area of the Deccan region of Southern India.
Chronology
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Were a series of wars fought between the Mughal Empire and the Maratha Empire.
October 1686: In April 1685, Aurangzeb changed his strategy. He planned to consolidate his power in the south by undertaking expeditions to the Muslim kingdoms of Golkonda and Bijapur. Both of them were allies of Marathas and Aurangzeb was not fond of them. He broke his treaties with both kingdoms, attacked them and captured them by September 1686.
May 1520: Vijayanagara conquest of Gulberga.
January 1535: Ismail Adil Shah was the ruler of the Bijapur Sultanate, a kingdom in southern India. The Raichur Doab was a strategic territory located between the Krishna and Tungabhadra rivers. The capture of Raichur Doab in 1534 by Ismail Adil Shah expanded the territory of the Bijapur Sultanate.
January 1543: The Vijayanagara Empire recaptured the forts of Raichur and Mudgal.
January 1566: The Sultanate expanded southward, first with the conquest of the Raichur Doab following the defeat of the Vijayanagar Empire at the Battle of Talikota in 1565.
January 1620: Bidar was annexed to Bijapur Sultanate.
January 1628: Sawantwadi state was founded in 1627 by Khem Sawant I.
January 1647: Mohammed Adil Shah (1627-1657), extended Bijapur's formal borders and nominal authority as far south as Bangalore.
January 1647: Nayakas of Chitradurga (1588-1779 CE) ruled parts of eastern Karnataka during the post-Vijayanagara period. During the rule of Hoysala Empire and Vijayanagara Empire, they served as a feudatory chiefdom.
January 1650: Jinji Fort, located in modern-day Tamil Nadu, was under the control of the Adil Shahis of Bijapur since 1649. The Adil Shahis were a dynasty of the Bijapur Sultanate, ruling over parts of present-day Karnataka and Maharashtra.
January 1650: The territories of the Nayaks of Gingee are annexed to the Sultanate of Bijapur.
January 1651: Narasaraja Wodeyar acquired Satyamangalam (in modern northern Coimbatore district) […] His successor Dodda Devaraja Wodeyar expanded further to capture western Tamil regions of Erode and Dharmapuri.
January 1673: Savanur State was founded in 1672 when Abdul Karim Khan, an Afghan of the Miyana tribe from Kabul, in the service of the sultanat of Bijapur, was granted the jagir of Sarkar Bankapur near Bijapur in 1672.
February 1673: Pondichéry (Pondicherry) became a French possession.
January 1678: During his reign, Shivaji, the founder of the Maratha Empire, invaded Gingee and Thanjavur in 1676-1677.
January 1678: In the year 1677, Sivaji, routed the Bijapur forces and captured Jinji Fort.
January 1681: In 1680, the Maratha Empire, under the leadership of King Shivaji and his successors, expanded its territory to include a vast area in present-day India. This growth solidified the Marathas as a dominant power in the region during this time period.
January 1751: Sawantwadi state was founded in 1627 by Khem Sawant I, later becoming a vassal state of the Sultanate of Bijapur. Khem Sawant II made Sundarwadi his capital which later got the name of Sawantwadi as the rulers were known as Sawants.
July 1765: On 7 April 1765, Sawantwadi State, ruled by Raja Khem Sawant III, became a British protectorate under the Treaty of Purandar. This agreement was signed between the British East India Company and the Maratha Empire, leading to British influence in the region.
Disestablishment
July 1765: On 7 April 1765, Sawantwadi State, ruled by Raja Khem Sawant III, became a British protectorate under the Treaty of Purandar. This agreement was signed between the British East India Company and the Maratha Empire, leading to British influence in the region.
