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India in 1712

Historical records for India in 1712, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

6Records
3Events
3Named people
1Places
1Categories

Historical records

February

27 February 1712Death of Bahadur Shah IBahadur Shah I

Lahore · House / House of Mogul

Death of Bahadur Shah I

March

17 March 1712SuccessionJahandar Shah

House / House of Mogul

Jahandar Shah is a mere puppet in the hands of his favorite wife, Lal Kunwar,who, before her elevation to the position of Queen Consort was a mere dancing girl. Azim-ush-shan is killed and Jahandar Shah is able to rule for a further eleven months

17 March 1712SuccessionLal Kunwar

House / House of Mogul

Jahandar Shah is a mere puppet in the hands of his favorite wife, Lal Kunwar,who, before her elevation to the position of Queen Consort was a mere dancing girl

December

27 December 1712Death of Jahandar ShahJahandar Shah

House / House of Mogul

Upon the death of their father Jahandar Shah and his brother Azim-ush-shan declare themselves emperor and conduct a struggle for the succession

27 December 1712SuccessionJahandar Shah

House / House of Mogul

Upon the death of their father Jahandar Shah and his brother Azim-ush-shan declare themselves emperor and conduct a struggle for the succession

Other Events

1712SuccessionJahandar Shah

House / House of Mogul

Succeeds as Shah of India

Names involved

Bahadur Shah IJahandar ShahLal Kunwar

Places involved

Lahore

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.