| Year |
Ancient Assam |
Contemporaneous events |
Date source |
| c350 |
Pushya Varman establishes the Varman dynasty in Kamarupa |
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(Barpujari 1990:94) |
| 636 |
Xuanzang visits the court of Bhaskarvarman in Kamarupa. |
|
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| 650 |
Bhaskarvarman dies. End of Varman dynasty |
|
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| 655 |
Salasthamba establishes Mlechchha dynasty in Kamarupa |
|
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| c900 |
Brahmapala establishes Pala dynasty in Kamarupa |
|
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| c1100 |
Jayapala, the last Pala king removed by Ramapala of Gaur |
|
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| Year |
Medieval Assam |
Contemporaneous events |
Date source |
| 1185 |
Prithu establishes the Khen dynasty and the Kamata kingdom |
|
|
| 1187 |
Birpal establishes Chutiya kingdom |
|
|
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13th century |
| 1228 |
Sukaphaa enters Assam |
|
(Gogoi 1968:265) |
| 1252 |
Sukaphaa establishes capital at Charaideo |
|
(Gogoi 1968:265) |
|
15th century |
| 1449 |
Srimanta Sankardev is born |
|
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| 1490 |
First Ahom-Kachari battle |
|
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| 1498 |
Alauddin Hussain Shah of Gaur removes the last Khen ruler of Kamata kingdom |
Vasco da Gama lands at Calicut |
(Barpujari 1992:47) |
|
16th century |
| 1515 |
Vishwa Singha establishes Koch political power and Koch dynasty |
|
(Barpujari 1992:70) |
| 1522 |
Chutiya kingdom annexed to Ahom Kingdom under Suhungmung |
|
(Gogoi 1968:287) |
| 1527 |
Nusrat Shah's invasion, the first Muslim invasion of the Ahom kingdom, ends in failure. |
|
(Barpujari 1992:133) |
| 1532 |
Turbak attacks Ahom Kingdom, the first commander to enjoy some success. |
|
|
| 1533 |
Turbak defeated and killed. Ahoms pursue Gaur army to Karatoya river. |
|
|
| 1536 |
Ahoms destroy Dimapur, the capital of the Kachari kingdom |
|
|
| 1540 |
Nara Narayan succeeds his father to the throne of Kamata kingdom |
|
|
| 1563 |
Chilarai occupies Ahom capital Garhgaon, end with Koch-Ahom treaty. |
|
(Barpujari 1992:79-80) |
| 1568 |
Srimanta Sankardev dies |
|
|
| 1581 |
Nara Narayana divides Kamata kingdom into Koch Bihar and Koch Hajo (to be governed by Raghudev). |
|
(Barpujari 1992:94) |
| 1587 |
Naranarayana of Koch dynasty dies. |
|
(Barpujari 1992:74) |
| 1588 |
Raghudev, son of Chilarai and ruler of Koch Hajo declares independence. |
|
(Barpujari 1992:95) |
|
17th century |
| 1609 |
Momai Tamuli Borbarua restructures Paik system in Ahom kingdom. |
|
|
| 1609 |
Koch Bihar becomes a Mughal vassal |
|
(Barpujari 1992:98) |
| 1613 |
Koch Hajo is annexed by the Mughal Empire |
|
(Barpujari 1992:103) |
| 1615 |
Ahom-Mughal conflicts begin |
|
(Barpujari 1992:148) |
| 1637 |
Bali Narayan dies of natural causes, and Koch rebellion again Mughals collapse |
|
(Barpujari 1992:161) |
| 1639 |
Treaty of Asurar Ali signed between the Ahom kingdom and Mughal Empire |
|
(Barpujari 1992:164) |
| 1659 |
Ahoms take possession of Koch Hajo (up to Sankosh river). Koch Hajo was occupied by rulers of Koch Bihar earlier, who drove out the Mughal faujdar from Guwahati. |
|
(Barpujari 1992:165) |
| 1662 |
Mir Jumla occupies Garhgaon, the Ahom capital. |
|
(Barpujari 1992:177-178) |
| 1663 |
After Treaty of Ghilajharighat Mir Jumla returns to Dhaka, dies on the way. |
|
(Barpujari 1992:188-189) |
| 1667 |
Ahoms wrest Guwahati and extend control up to Manas river; begins defence preparations |
|
(Barpujari 1992:207) |
| 1668 |
Mughals under Ram Singh I advance up to Guwahati to retake it |
|
(Barpujari 1992:211) |
| 1671 |
Ahoms win Battle of Saraighat and Ram Singh I retreats to Rangamati. |
|
(Barpujari 1992:227) |
| 1679 |
Laluk-sola Borphukan deserts Guwahati |
|
(Barpujari 1992:245) |
| 1681 |
Gadadhar Singha becomes Ahom swargadeo |
|
(Barpujari 1992:252) |
| 1682 |
Ahoms win battle at Itakhuli. End of Ahom-Mughal conflicts with Ahom win |
|
(Barpujari 1992:253-256) |
|
18th century |
| 1714 |
Rudra Singha dies, and with him dies the Kachari, Jaintia etc. grand alliance to remove the Mughals from Bengal |
|
(Gogoi 1968:503-507) |
| 1769 |
First phase of Moamoria rebellion, Ahom capital falls but recaptured in April, 1770 |
|
(Baruah 1993:60) |
| 1783 |
Ahom capital Rangpur fell the second time to Moamoria rebellion. Rebel leaders strike coins in their names. |
|
(Baruah 1993:90) |
| 1794 |
Captain Thomas Welsh restores Rangpur to Ahom king from Moamora rebels. |
|
(Baruah 1993:133) |
|
19th century |
| 1805 |
Ahoms come to terms with Sarbananda, the last Moamora rebel leader holding out in Bengmara (Tinsukia). Ahoms declare Sarbananda the Barsenapati of Matak Rajya |
|
(Baruah 1993:164) |
| 1817 |
The first Burmese invasion of Assam. Burmese occupation was complete by 1821. |
|
(Baruah 1993:213) |
| 1826 |
Treaty of Yandaboo signed between Honourable East India Company and King of Ava; end of Burmese and beginning of British occupation of Assam |
|
(Barpujari 1992:363) |
| 1861 |
Phulaguri Dhawa, the first peasant uprising against British rule was repressed |
|
|
| 1894 |
Patharughat raijmel fired upon, villagers tortured and property confiscated |
|
(Guha 1977:53-54) |
| Year |
Post Indian Independence Assam |
Contemporaneous events |
Date source |
| 1979 |
Assam agitation begins |
|
|
| 1985 |
Assam Accord signed. End of Assam agitation |
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