Malwa

historical region of west-central India

6 dated entries naming Malwa, drawn from 6 separate years between 200 CE and 1738 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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2nd century

  • 200Rudrasena I, Saka ruler of the Western Satrap dynasty, becomes king of Malwa in Classical India.source

6th century

  • 528Yasodharman, Maharaja ("great king") of Malwa, defeats the Hun invaders under Mihirakula in central India.source

14th century

  • 1305November 24 – In India, Mahalakadeva, King of Malwa, is killed while attempting to flee the invaders from the Delhi Sultanate. Ayn al-Mulk Multani takes control of the kingdom as the Sultanate's Governor of Malwa.source

16th century

  • 1562Mughal Emperor Akbar conquers Malwa, and its last Sultan, Baz Bahadur, flees.source

18th century

  • 1728November 25 – In India, the Maratha Empire's army invades the Mughal Empire's Malwa province, crossing the Narmada River. On November 29, the two armies clash at the Battle of Amjhira; the Maratha troops, commanded by General Chimaji Appa, overcome the defenders of Malwa (now part of India's Andhra Pradesh state) and Malwa's Governor Girdhar Bahadur is killed.source
  • 1738January 7 – After the Maratha Empire of India wins the Battle of Bhopal over the Jaipur State, Jaipur cedes the Malwa territory to the Maratha in a treaty signed at Doraha.source

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