1663 in India

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Events in the year 1663 in India.

Events

• January 23 – The Treaty of Ghilajharighat is signed in India between representatives of the Mughal Empire and the independent Ahom Kingdom (in what is now the Assam state), with the Mughals ending their occupation of the Ahom capital of Garhgaon, in return for payment by Ahom in silver and gold for costs of the occupation, and King Sutamla of Ahom sending one of his daughters to be part of the harem of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. ^{[1] [2]}
• March 4 – The Prince Edward Islands in the sub-antarctic Indian Ocean are discovered by Barent Barentszoon Lam, of the Dutch ship Maerseveen, and named Dina (Prince Edward) and Maerseveen (Marion). ^{[3] [4]}
• Rise of the Travancore Kingdom - The first maharaja of the Travancore Kingdom, His Highness Rama Varma I was sworned in.^{[ citation needed ]}

Deaths

• Bihari Lal, poet (b.1595). ^[5]

References

1. "A treaty was signed at Panibat of Tipam on the bank of the Dihing upstream of Jaipur. Soon after the conclusion of the treaty which was signed in the last week of Dec. 1662..." ( Mumtaza 1994 :373)
2. "By the treaty of Ghilajhari Ghat, Tipam, dated 9 Magh, 1584 Saka or 23 January, 1663, Jayadhwaj agreed..." ( Sarkar 1992 :188)
3. "Marion and Prince Edward Islands". Archived from the original on 22 March 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
4. "Marion Island, South Indian Ocean". Btinternet.com. 29 June 2003. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
5.  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain :  Lyall, Charles James (1911). "Bihārī-Lāl". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 927.

Sources

• Mumtaza, I S (1994). "Mir Jumla's Assam Invasion as depicted in the Buranjis". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 55: 368–374. JSTOR   44143375.
• Sarkar, J. N. (1992), "Chapter VIII Assam-Mughal Relations", in Barpujari, H. K. (ed.), The Comprehensive History of Assam, vol. 2, Guwahati: Assam Publication Board, pp. 148–256