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Landmark South Asia trade

Calcutta (Kolkata)

1690 CE – still standing

Founded as a British East India Company trading post, grew into the commercial capital of British India and gateway to Bengal's wealth

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Kolkata on Wikipedia.

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Who held this ground

Borders from dated snapshots, up to a century apart; precision varies.

Reconstruction

  1. Before it was built (3000 BCE–1650 CE)
  2. Mughal Empire (1700 CE–1715 CE) Border precision: Defined
  3. Bengal (1783 CE) Border precision: Defined
  4. Bengal Presidency (1800 CE) Border precision: Defined
  5. British East India Company (1815 CE) Border precision: Defined
  6. British Raj (1880 CE–1938 CE) Border precision: Defined
  7. India (1945 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined
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  • Defined

Elsewhere in South Asia at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Landmark · South Asia

Taktsang Palphug Monastery

1692 CE – still standing

Polity · South Asia

Tibet

Attested 1000 CE – 1960 CE

Conflict · South Asia

Naxalite–Maoist Insurgency

1967 CE – 2026 CE

Landmark · South Asia

Faisal Mosque

1986 CE – still standing

Polity · South Asia

Hindu kingdoms

Attested 500 BCE – 1715 CE

Conflict · South Asia

2025 India–Pakistan Conflict

2025 CE

Landmark · South Asia

Taj Mahal

1632 CE – still standing

Polity · South Asia

India

Attested 1783 CE – 2026 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1690 CE and 2026 CE.

1692 CE Taktsang Palphug Monastery 1746 CE Carnatic Wars 1747 CE Durrani Empire Conquests 1757 CE British Conquest of Bengal 1758 CE Maratha-Durrani War

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Christ the Redeemer Landmark · Americas 1931 CE – still standing Ottoman Empire Polity · Europe 1299 CE – 1922 CE World War I Conflict · Europe 1914 CE – 1918 CE Tea Horse Road Trade route · East Asia 700 CE – 1950 CE John Locke Figure · England 1632 CE – 1704 CE Parícutin Volcano Landmark · Americas 1943 CE – still standing
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