{"slug": "madhya-pradesh", "label": "Madhya Pradesh", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1188", "qid": "Q1188", "description": "state in central India", "entries": 9, "years": 9, "span": [-149, 1731], "span_label": ["150 BCE", "1731 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 6}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "mughal-empire", "label": "Mughal Empire", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "maratha-confederacy", "label": "Maratha Confederacy", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "akbar", "label": "Akbar", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "aurangzeb", "label": "Aurangzeb", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "shah-jahan", "label": "Shah Jahan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "agra", "label": "Agra", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "uttar-pradesh", "label": "Uttar Pradesh", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "rajasthan", "label": "Rajasthan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "hinduism", "label": "Hinduism", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -149, "year_label": "150 BCE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The enlargement of the Great Stupa of Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh, India begins, taking about 100 years.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1210509839#Art", "title": "150 BC", "revid": 1210509839, "section": "Events › By topic › Art"}}, {"year": 1023, "year_label": "1023 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "February 23", "text": "February 23 – The Chitragupta Temple (now in India at Khajuraho at the Madhya Pradesh state) is consecrated to the Hindu god Shiva, at the Maha Shivaratri celebration.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342213204#January–March", "title": "1023", "revid": 1342213204, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1446, "year_label": "1446 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 11", "text": "October 11 – In what is now the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, Mahmud Khalji, Sultan of Malwa attempts to cross the Banas River to invade Mandalgarh in what is now the state of Rajasthan, but he and his armies are driven back by the forces of the Rana Kumbhakaran Singh, ruler of the Kingdom of Mewar.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360566332#October–December", "title": "1446", "revid": 1360566332, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1500, "year_label": "1500 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 22", "text": "October 22 – Nasir-ud-Din Shah overthrows the government of his father, Ghiyath Shah, ruler of the Malwa Sultanate (located in much of what is now the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh) for the last 31 years. Upon becoming the new Sultan, Nasir has his brother Ala-ud-Din executed, along with Ala-ud-din's children. Ghiyasuddin is poisoned the following February.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371377541#October–December", "title": "1500", "revid": 1371377541, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1564, "year_label": "1564 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 6", "text": "August 6 – In India Akbar, ruler of the Mughal Empire, defeats the rebellious governor of Malwa, Abdullah Khan Uzbeg. The defeat comes the day after the Imperial Army's arrival at Indore, now in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363117508#July–September", "title": "1564", "revid": 1363117508, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1658, "year_label": "1658 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 15", "text": "April 15 – In India, the Battle of Dharmat is fought in the modern-day state of Madhya Pradesh between rival claimants to the throne of the Mughal Empire. Prince Muhi al-Din Muhammad, the son of the Emperor Shah Jahan, leads 30,000 men in a triumph over 22,000 troops led by Jaswant Singh of Marwar and Ratan Singh Rathore. Despite heavy losses, with more than 11,000 casualties, Prince Muhi, who has adopted the name Aurangzeb, continues toward Samugarh and Agra and captures the throne at the end of July.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365986033#April–June", "title": "1658", "revid": 1365986033, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1681, "year_label": "1681 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 2", "text": "February 2 – In India, the Mughal Empire city of Burhanpur (now in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh) is sacked and looted by troops of the Maratha Empire on orders of the Maratha emperor, the Chhatrapati Sambhaji. General Hambirrao Mohite began the pillaging three days earlier.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361310073#January–March", "title": "1681", "revid": 1361310073, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1720, "year_label": "1720 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 19", "text": "June 19 – At Burhanpur (in the modern-day Indian state of Madhya Pradesh), the Nizam-ul-Mulk of Hyderabad survives an attempted ambush by Mughal Empire forces dispatched by the Sayyid brothers (Syed Abdullah Khan and Syed Husain Ali Khan Barha) and goes on to establish a rival state in southern India.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358044251#April–June", "title": "1720", "revid": 1358044251, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1731, "year_label": "1731 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "December 21", "text": "December 21 – The Maharaja Chhatrasal, monarch of Bundelkhand in India (part of the modern-day states of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh) dies at the age of 82. His kingdom is divided into four parts, with one part going to Baji Rao I of the Marathas and the other three going to his three sons: Harde Sah gets the Panna State, Jagat Rai gets the Jaitpur State and Bharti Chand gets the Jaso State.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369560841#October–December", "title": "1731", "revid": 1369560841, "section": "Events › October–December"}}]}