Madurai Nayak dynasty
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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 1647: Initially the Madurai Nayak were governors of the Vijayanagara Empire but became independent after the fall of this kingdom.
Chronology
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Expansion during the rule of Aurangzeb in the Mughal Empire.
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.
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 1674: The Thanjavur Nayak kingdom was brought to an abrupt end by Chokkanatha Nayak of Madurai.
January 1678: During his reign, Shivaji, the founder of the Maratha Empire, invaded Gingee and Thanjavur in 1676-1677.
January 1681: The Kingdom of Pudukkottai was founded in about 1680 as a feudatory of Ramnad and grew with subsequent additions from Tanjore, Sivaganga and Ramnad.
Disestablishment
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.
