AKBAR Akbar (Hindustani: [əkbər]; 14 October 1542 – 27 October 1605)‚ known as Akbar the Great‚ was Mughal Emperor from 1556 until his death. He was the third and greatest ruler of the Mughal Dynasty in India. Akbar succeeded his father‚ Humayun‚ under a regent‚Bairam Khan‚ who helped the young emperor expand and consolidate Mughal domains in India. A strong personality and a successful general‚ Akbar gradually enlarged the Mughal Empire to include nearly all of the Indian Subcontinent north of
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Sikri (Hindi: फ़तेहपुर सीकरी‚ Urdu: فتحپور سیکری) is a city and a municipal board in Agra district in the state ofUttar Pradesh‚ India. The city was founded in 1569 by the Mughal emperor Akbar‚ and served as the capital of the Mughal Empire from 1571 to 1585.[1] After his military victories over Chittor and Ranthambore‚ Akbar decided to shift his capital from Agra to a new location 23 miles (37 km) W.S.W on the Sikri ridge‚ to honor the Sufi saint Salim Chishti. Here he commenced the construction of a planned
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unstable‚ and was eventually exiled‚ until the reign of Akbar. Akbar‚ being unofficially involved with the dynasty since adolescents to adulthood‚ had the ideas‚ concepts‚ and most importantly foundation needed to make the Mughal dynasty into a powerful empire. Under Akbars rule the court abolished the poll tax on non-Muslims and got rid of the use of the lunar Muslim calendar in favor of a solar calendar that became more useful to agriculture. Akbar had many useful ideas‚ especially regarding religion
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HISTORY OF THE MOGHUL EMPIRE Babur in Kabul: 1504-1525 Babur‚ founder of the Moghul dynasty in India‚ is one of history’s more endearing conquerors. In his youth he is one among many impoverished princes‚ all descended from Timur‚ who fight among themselves for possession of some small part of the great man’s fragmented empire. Babur even captures Samarkand itself on three separate occasions‚ each for only a few months. The first time he achieves this he is only fourteen. What distinguishes
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most influential of the Muslim empires of the modern period‚ and their culture and military influence extended into Europe. Most of the triumphant moments of the two empires came during the reigns of Suleyman I the Magnificent in Ottoman Empire and Akbar the great Mughal. Just as the reigns of these two leaders marked highpoints in the growth of their empires‚ their deaths marked starting points for the decline of their great empires. Under the rule of Suleyman the Magnificent‚ the Ottoman Empire
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Developments in Delhi and Agra disturbed the Mughals at Kalanaur. Many Mughal Generals advised Akbar to retreat to Kabul as Mughal forces may not face Hemu’s might and new awareness among Hindus to liberate their country‚ but Bairam Khan decided in favor of war. Akbar’s army marched towards Delhi. On November 5‚ both armies met at the historic battlefield of Panipat‚ where‚ thirty years earlier‚ Akbar’s grandfather Babur had defeated Ibrahim Lodi in what is now known as the First Battle of Panipat
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fourth part tells of the coup and its aftermath. The young Nandan (he is not named in the book‚ till the final section) came from a family of Indians. However‚ the charm of the novel is Nandan’s story about the characters in the village. There is Birbal‚ the English teacher‚ who does not really speak English but manages to fool the school inspector by somehow finding out the questions he is going to ask prior to his visit and having the class prepared. He will later become the local pundit. There
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Raja Man Singh Raja Man Singh of Amber The Mughal aristocracy played a vital role in the establishment of the Mughal Empire on a firm footing. It not only contributed to the strengthening of the empire but it also helped in setting up a sound Mughal administration. Raja Man Singh of Amber was an important member of Mughal aristocracy. The history of Akbar’s reign will rather be incomplete without a detailed knowledge of the contributions of Raja Man Singh not only to expansion of the Mughal Empire
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Tiwari 1 Janmejay Kumar Tiwari Research Scholar Department of English & MEL University of Allahabad‚ Allahabad Colonial Enchanter: Postcolonial Enchantress Postcolonialism is a relation of centre and margin‚ oppressor and oppressed‚ colonizer and colonized or in the words of Aime Cesaire “relations of domination and submission.‟‟ Postcolonialism is largely concerned with the politics of culture and postcolonial studies “involves the critical examination of European representations of colonial
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Ganges plains. After Babur died of an illness‚ his son‚ Humayan‚ succeeded him and was attacked from enemies of all sides because of Babur’s death. He was expelled from India in 1540‚ but eventually restored Mughal rule by 1556. Humayan’s son‚ Akbar‚ would later succeed him and become the greatest ruler in Mughal history. The Ottomans‚ Safavids and Mughals constructed significant empires‚ but each adopted different ways of treating their conquered people and developed diverse methods for managing
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