Mughal Empire under Aurangzeb

Mughal Empire under Aurangzeb

Aurangzeb was no doubt one of the best administrators in Mughal Empire but his greed for getting the Mughal Empire extended and intact for a long time made the fate of the Mughals drastic and … Read more

Recovery of Mughal Empire

Mughal Battle of Machhiwara

Mughal Emperor Humayun remained in exile for nearly fifteen years after his defeat at the battle of Kannauj. His efforts to go to Kashmir or Badakhshan were foiled by his brother Kamran. He then proceeded … Read more

Mughal Empire: Causes of Disintegration

Mughal Empire Shah Alam transferring tax collecting rights to British Robert Clive, Constitutionalism

As Rome wasn’t built in a day, similarly the disintegration of the Mughal Empire was not a result of a single’s day deed. There were several factors and wrong-doings of Mughals which led to the … Read more

Mughal Empire

Babur The First Battle of Panipat Mughal

The beginning of the Mughal empire is conventionally dated to the victory by its founder Babur over Ibrahim Lodi, the last ruler of the Delhi Sultanate, in the First Battle of Panipat (1526). During the … Read more

The Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb (c. 1658-1707 CE)

Aurangzeb and his foreign policy

Aurangzeb was one of the ablest and more precisely cruelest (in most of the context) of Mughal emperors. However, it can’t be denied that under the Aurangzeb regime the Mughal Empire reached its greatest territorial … Read more

Babur: Founder of the Mughal Dynasty

Babur, Battle of Panipat

Zahiruddin Muhammad Babur was the founder of the Mughal Empire in India. He was born on 14th February A.D. 1483 in Ferghana. His father Umar Shaikh Mirza was the ruler of Ferghana. He descended from … Read more

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