{"slug": "maharashtra", "label": "Maharashtra", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maharashtra", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1191", "qid": "Q1191", "description": "state in the western and central peninsular region of India", "entries": 9, "years": 9, "span": [1490, 1993], "span_label": ["1490 CE", "1993 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 7}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "india", "label": "India", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "mughal-empire", "label": "Mughal Empire", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "maratha-empire", "label": "Maratha Empire", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "shivaji", "label": "Shivaji", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "bahmani-kingdom", "label": "Bahmani Kingdom", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "modified-mercalli-intensity-scale", "label": "Modified Mercalli intensity scale", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1490, "year_label": "1490 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 28", "text": "May 28 – At Junnar in what is now India's Maharashtra state, the Ahmadnagar Sultanate is established by Ahmad Nizam Shah, who leads a secession of his land from the Bahmani Kingdom and defeats the Bahmani General Jahangir Khan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365746432#April–June", "title": "1490", "revid": 1365746432, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1594, "year_label": "1594 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Korlai Fort, Maharashtra largely destroyed by the Portuguese", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1223946476#Events", "title": "1594 in India", "revid": 1223946476, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1637, "year_label": "1637 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 16", "text": "January 16 – The siege of Nagpur ends in the modern-day Maharashtra state of India, as Kok Shah, the King of Deogarh, surrenders his kingdom to the Mughal Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1339166592#January–March", "title": "1637", "revid": 1339166592, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1670, "year_label": "1670 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 4", "text": "February 4 – The Battle of Sinhagad takes place in India (in the modern-day Maharashtra state) as the Maratha Empire army, led by Tanaji Malusare, leads an assault on the Kondhana Fortress that had been captured by the Mughal Empire. Tanaji, called \"The Lion\" by his followers, captures the fortress by guiding the successful scaling of the walls of the fortress with ladders created from rope, but is killed in the battle. The Maratha emperor Shivaji orders the fortress named Sinhagad, the Marathi language words for \"Lion's Fort\".", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368809725#January–March", "title": "1670", "revid": 1368809725, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1674, "year_label": "1674 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 24", "text": "April 24 – In India, Shivaji Bhonsale, the Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire, captures the Kenjalgad Fort in what is now the Maharashtra state.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365128656#April–June", "title": "1674", "revid": 1365128656, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1688, "year_label": "1688 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 11", "text": "January 11 – The Patta Fort and the Avandha Fort, located in what is now India's Maharashtra state near Ahmednagar, are captured from the Maratha clan by Mughul Army commander Matabar Khan. The Mughal Empire rules the area 73 years.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373154069#January–March", "title": "1688", "revid": 1373154069, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1700, "year_label": "1700 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 21", "text": "April 21 – In India, the siege of the fortress of Sajjangad (located in the Maharashtra state) is begun by an army led by Fateullahakhan. The fortress falls on June 6.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366570351#April–June", "title": "1700", "revid": 1366570351, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1866, "year_label": "1866 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": null, "text": "The meteorite Jamkheir fell in Maharashtra on 5 October", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1241472184#Events", "title": "1866 in India", "revid": 1241472184, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1993, "year_label": "1993 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "September 30", "text": "September 30 – Latur earthquake: A 6.2 Mw earthquake occurs in the vicinity of Maharashtra, India having a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing 9,748 and injuring 30,000.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366430372#September", "title": "1993", "revid": 1366430372, "section": "Events › September"}}]}