YEAR | DESCRIPTION |
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1185 | Prithu establishes the Khen dynasty and the Kamata kingdom. |
1187 | Birpal establishes Chutiya kingdom in Saditya. |
1206 | Muslims first attack Assam |
1228 | First Ahom king Sukafa enters Assam. |
1252 | Sukafa establishes first Ahom capital in Charaideo. |
1449 | Srimanta Sankardev is born. |
1490 | First Ahom - Kachari battle. |
1498 | Alauddin Hussain Shah of Gaur removes the last Khen ruler of Kamata Kingdom. |
1515 | Viswa Singha establishes Koch political power and Koch dynasty. |
1522 | Chutiya kingdom annexed to Ahom Kingdom under Suhungmung. |
1527 | Nusrat Shah's invasion, the first Muslim invasion of the Ahom Kingdom, ends in failure. |
1532 | Turbak attacks Ahom Kingdom, the first commander to enjoy some sucess. |
1533 | Turbak defeated and killed. Ahoms pursue Gaur army to Karatoya River. |
1536 | Ahoms king establishes capital in Gargaon. |
1540 | Nara Narayan succeeds his father to the throne of Kamata Kingdom. |
1548 | Assam witnesses davastating earthquake. |
1563 | Chilarai occupies Ahom capital Garhgaon, ends with Koch Ahom treaty. |
1568 | Srimanta Sankardev dies. |
1581 | Nara Narayana divides Kamata Kingdom into Koch Bihar and Koch Hajo (to be governed by Raghudev). |
1587 | Naranarayana of Koch dynasty dies. |
1588 | Raghudev, son of Chilarai and ruler of Koch Hajo declares independence. |
1609 | Momai Tamuli Borbarua restructures Paik system in Ahom kingdom. |
1613 | Koch Hajo is annexed by the Mughal Empire. |
1615 | Ahom - Mughal conflicts begin. |
1637 | Bali Narayan dies of natural causes, and Koch rebellion again Mughalscollapse. |
1639 | Treaty of Asurar Ali signed between the Ahom Kingdom and Mughal Empire. |
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. |
1662 | Mir Jumla attacks Ahom Kingdom and occupies Garhgaon, the Ahom capital. |
1663 | After Treaty of Ghilajharighat Mir Jumla returns to Dhaka, dies on the way. |
1667 | Ahoms wrest Guwahati and extend control up to Manas River; begins defence preparations. |
1668 | Mughals under Ram Singh advance up to Guwahati to retake it. |
1671 | The battle of Saraighat between Ahom and Mughals. Ahoms under general Lachit Borphukan wins. |
1681 | Gadadhar Singha becomes Ahom King. |
1682 | Ahoms win battle at Itakhuli. End of Ahom - Mughal conflicts with Ahom win. |
1714 | Rudra Singha dies, and with his death the Kachari, Jaintia etc. grand alliance to remove the Mughals from Bengal. |
1769 | First phase of Moamoria rebellion, Ahom capital falls but recaptured in April, 1770. |
1783 | Ahom capital Rangpur fell the second time to Moamoria rebellion. Rebel leaders strike coins in the names. |
1786 | Third Moamoria rebellion. |
1794 | Captain Thomas Welsh restore Rangpur to Ahom king from Moamora rebels. The Ahom capital shift to Jorhat. |
1805 | Ahoms come to terms with Sarbananda, the last Moamora rebel leader holding out in Bengmara (Tinsukia). Ahom declare Sarbananda the Barsenapati of Matak Rajya. |
1815 | First Burmese Invasion of Assam. |
1819 | Second Burmese Invasion. |
1821 | Third Burmese Invasion. |
1823 | Tea leaves discovery in Assam. |
1825 | Crude Oil discovery in Assam. |
1826 | Treaty of Yandaboo signed between East India company and King of Burma; end of Burmese and beginning of British occupation of Assam. |