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Headword Date Article Type
Death of Timur restores Persia, Afghanistan and North India to independence 1447 T Note
Pedro Alvares Cabral travels to Brazil and then to India 1500 T Note
Portugal captures Goa 1510 - 1510 T Note
Babur extends his rule from Kabul to Bengal 1529 T
Francis Xavier initiates a mission in Goa 1542 T
Gujarat comes under the control of the Mughal Emperor 1572 T
Fatehpur Sikri established as new capital of the Mughal Empire 1576 T
Kashmir comes under the control of the Mughal Emperor 1586 T
Hyderabad is founded in India 1590 T
East India Company voyages reach Java and Agra 1604 T Note
First skirmishes between English and Dutch settlers in India 1610 T Note
The Portuguese are forced to leave Bengal 1632 T Note
An English trading post is founded in Bengal 1633 T Note
Fort St George is founded in Bengal 1640 T Note
Bombay passes to the control of the English East India Company 1668 T Note
The French occupy Pondicherry and Coromandel Coast in India 1672 T Note
Sir John Child becomes Governor of Bombay 1682 T Note
English found Calcutta 1690 T Note
Dutch take Pondicherry after siege 1693 T Note
Fort William, Calcutta, is built 1696 T Note

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