Enlightenment · South Asia · War

1691

Mughal Empire Absorbs Bijapur and Golconda

1691

Aurangzeb completed his decades-long conquest of the Deccan sultanates, absorbing Bijapur and Golconda into the Mughal Empire. The empire now stretched from Kabul to Coromandel, its greatest extent. But the victories were Pyrrhic - guerrilla resistance from the Marathas was draining the treasury faster than the conquered diamond mines could replenish it.

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Before and after in South Asia

Before: 1690: Job Charnock Founds Calcutta
After: March 29, 1699: Guru Gobind Singh Founds the Khalsa

Before and after in War

Before: July 1, 1690: Battle of the Boyne
After: 1692: Battle of La Hogue

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Enlightenment (1651–1800), one of 696 events from that era on Saeculum.