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Timeline of Maharashtra history
600 BC: One of the 16 great
janapada
s, named
Ashmaka
230 BC to 225 AD: ruled by the
Satavahana
s
250 to 525: The
Vakataka
s brought the
Vidharba
under their rule.
550 to 760: Ruled by the Chalukyas (
Badami Chalukyas
)
640: Chinese pilgrim
Xuanzang
visited Maharashtra
973:
Rashtrakutas
rule comes to an end
973 to 1180: Ruled by the Chalukyas (
Western Chalukyas
or
Kalyani Chalukyas
)
1189 to 1310: Ruled by the
Yadava
s of
Deogiri
(
Seunas
)
1296:
Alla-ud-din Khilji
, the first Muslim
sultan
of the north, penetrated the
Deccan
, defeated the Yadavas, and carried away a huge hoard of loot.
1534: Portuguese occupied
Mumbai
.
1659:
Shivaji
captured
Satara
from
Bijapur Sultanate
, and led a revolt against the
Mughal Empire
1661: Mumbai transferred from Portugal to Britain
1668: British government transferred Mumbai to the British
East India Company
1674: Chatrapati Shivaji became the first King of the
Marathas
1680: Death of Chatrapati Shivaji
1689: Death of
Sambhaji
1707:
Shahu I
became Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire
1720:
Bajirao
I became
peshwa
(prime minister)
1740: Death of Bajirao I
1756: Marathas captured the town of
Attock
(now in north-west Pakistan). Maratha Empire reached its largest extent.
14 January 1761: Marathas lost the
Third Battle of Panipat
.
1775âÂÂ1782:
First Anglo-Maratha War
1803âÂÂ1805:
Second Anglo-Maratha War
1817âÂÂ1818:
Third Anglo-Maratha War
3 June 1818:
Bajirao II
surrendered to the British
15 August 1947: Independence of India
1 November 1956:
Bombay state
enlarged to include all of present Maharashtra.
1 May 1960: Bombay state split along linguistic lines into new states of
Gujarat
and Maharashtra.
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