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{{Year in India|1663}}
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|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.<ref name="mumtaza-treaty-date">"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..." {{harvcol|Mumtaza|1994|p=373}}</ref><ref>"By the treaty of Ghilajhari Ghat, Tipam, dated 9 Magh, 1584 Saka or 23 January, 1663, Jayadhwaj agreed..." {{harvcol|Sarkar|1992|p=188}}</ref>
*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).<ref>{{cite web |title=Marion and Prince Edward Islands |url=http://ports.co.za/didyouknow/article_2004_04_26_5728.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150322102842/http://ports.co.za/didyouknow/article_2004_04_26_5728.html |archive-date=22 March 2015 |access-date=2016-09-21}}</ref><ref name="btinternet.com">{{cite web |date=29 June 2003 |title=Marion Island, South Indian Ocean |url=http://www.btinternet.com/~sa_sa/marion_island/marion_island_history.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120729235013/http://www.btinternet.com/~sa_sa/marion_island/marion_island_history.html |archive-date=29 July 2012 |access-date=2012-10-09 |publisher=Btinternet.com}}</ref>
*Rise of the Travancore Kingdom - The first maharaja of the [[Travancore|Travancore Kingdom]], His Highness Rama Varma I was sworned in.{{Citation needed|date=November 2025}}
==Deaths==
*[[Bihari Lal]], poet (b.[[1595 in India|1595]]).<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|inline=1|wstitle=Bihārī-Lāl|volume=3|page=927|first=Charles James|last=Lyall|authorlink=Charles James Lyall}}</ref>

== References ==
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== Sources ==
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*{{Cite journal|last=Mumtaza|first=I S|title=Mir Jumla's Assam Invasion as depicted in the Buranjis |date=1994|journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |volume=55|pages=368–374|jstor=44143375}}
* {{Citation |last=Sarkar |first=J. N. |contribution=Chapter VIII Assam-Mughal Relations |editor-last=Barpujari |editor-first=H. K. |title=The Comprehensive History of Assam |volume=2 |pages=148–256 |publisher=Assam Publication Board |place=Guwahati |year=1992}}
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