1559 in India
List of events
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Events from the year 1559 in India.
Events
- The Mughal Emperor Akbar captures Ranthambore Fort for the first time.[1]
Births
- 16 March Amar Singh I, later Maharana of Mewar is born in Chittor Fort (dies 1620)
Deaths
- Sikandar Shah Suri, sixth rule of Sur dynasty[2]
- Fernão Lopes de Castanheda, Portuguese historian[3] and author of "History of the discovery and conquest of India" dies (born c 1500)
