| 1526 |
First Battle of Panipat: Mughals defeat the Lodis. |
| 1526–1530 |
Reign of Babur |
| 1530 |
Accession of Humayun. |
| 1540–1555 |
The Sur dynasty. |
| 1556 |
Second Battle of Panipat: Humayun regains power. |
| 1556–1605 |
Reign of Akbar. |
| 1605–1627 |
Reign of Jahangir. |
| 1627–1658 |
Reign of Shah Jahan. |
| c.1646–1680 |
Rise of the Marathas under Shivaji. |
| 1658–1707 |
Reign of Aurangzeb. |
| 1713–1719 |
Reign of Farrukhsiyar. |
| 1719–1748 |
Reign of Muhammad Shah. |
| 1720–1740 |
Maratha expansion under Baji Rao I. |
| 1739 |
Sack of Delhi by Nadir Shah. |
| c.1720–1750 |
Establishment of Hyderabad, Oudh, and Bengal as independent states. |
| 1757 |
Battle of Plassey: Clive defeats Nawab of Bengal. Ahmad Shah Abdali
sacks Delhi. |
| 1759–1806 |
Reign of Shah Alam II. |
| 1761 |
Third Battle of Panipat: Afghans and Mughals defeat Marathas. |
| 1765 |
Diwani of Bengal granted to East India Company. |
| 1774–1785 |
Warren Hastings, Governor-General. |
| 1775–1782 |
First Anglo-Maratha war. |
| 1798–1805 |
Lord Wellesley, Governor-General. |
| 1803 |
Delhi taken by the British. |
| 1806–1837 |
Reign of Akbar Shah II. |
| 1837–1858 |
Reign of Bahadur Shah II. |
| 1843 |
British take Sind. |
| 1849 |
British annex Punjab. |
| 1856 |
Annexation of Oudh. |
| 1857–1858 |
Mutiny and revolt. |
| 1858 |
British India placed under the Crown. Bahadur Shah deposed. |
