Bahadur Shah Zafar Bahadur Shah II, better known as Bahadur Shah Zafar in history was the last Mughal Emperor who remained at the helm from 1837 to 1857. He was born on United Nations Day, 1775, and was the son of Akbar Shah II. He was over sixty when he ascended to the throne of […]
Siraj-ud-Daula Siraj-ud-Daula was the last independent Nawab of Bengal who succeeded Alivadi Khan on the throne. He was born in 1733 and died on July 23, 1757. The end of his reign marks the end of the independent decree of India and the beginning of the company’s rule that continued unabated over the following 200 […]
Shah Waliullah Shah Walliullah was a great Muslim reformist of the 18th century in India. He was an excellent thinker and scholar with critical insight into the political scenario of that time. He worked for the betterment and true education of Muslims on the right Islamic norms. At that time the Muslims after ruling India […]
Nadir Shah Nadir Shah also named Nadir Quli was born in 1688 in Khurasan (Afghanistan). He ruled Persia as Shah of Iran; he was brought up in the Turkoman tribe. He laid the foundation of the Afsharid Dynasty after becoming king of Persia. From his childhood, he was a brave, ambitious, and competitive kind of […]
Muhammad Shah Rangeela Muhammad Shah Rangeela was the Mughal Emperor who ascended to the Peacock Throne in 1719 which he occupied till his death in 1748. His name was Roshan Akhtar and was the grandson of Bahadur Shah 1. He was born in 1702 at Fatehpur Sikri and was just 17 years old when the […]
Muhammad Farukh Siyar Muhammad Farrukh Siyar was the Mughal emperor who remained at the helm from 1713 to 1719. He was the grandson of Bahadur Shah 1 and the son of Azim-ush-Shan. He was born on Sep 11, 1683 at Aurangabad, Deccan. His father was summoned to the court of the emperor Aurangzeb in 1707 […]
Aurangzeb Alamgir Aurangzeb had proved himself a capable commander and administrator as a prince. He was certainly a more successful military strategist and practical statesman than his brothers who contended against him for the throne gave him success against all of them. Aurangzeb, the third son of Shah Jahan, was born on 21 October 1618, […]
Shah Jehan Shah Jahan was one of the four sons of Jahangir. His original name was Khurram, born on January 1592, in Lahore to a Hindu mother, the daughter of Raja Udai Singh of Mewar. He was born under the care of Akbar’s childless wife Ruquiah Begum. While very young, he can be acknowledged to […]
Nooruddin Jahangir Jahangir was the son of the many prayers. Akbar wanted an heir to succeed him, he not only prayed to God but also begged for the blessings of saints to own a son. All previous children of the emperor had died in their infancy, ultimately, a son was born in August 1569, and […]
Jalaluddin Akbar Akbar, the Great was one of the foremost eminent rulers of Indian history. He was one of the 2 greatest and after all the foremost controversial personalities together with Aurangzeb. Both are variously held responsible for the downfall of the Mughal Empire. Akbar came to the throne in 1556 after the sudden death […]
Nasiruddin Humayun Humayun “the Fortunate” was the eldest son of Babur.He had three brothers, kamran,askari and Hindal. He was born in Kabul in March 1508. He was the son of Mahim Begum who was probably Shia. Young Humayun learned Turki, Arabic, and Persian. On account of his careless habits, he didn’t acquire the exactness of […]
Zaheeruddin Babar Zaheer ud din Muhammad Babur is understood as the founding father of the Mughal dynasty which ruled the Indian Empire for almost 100 and fifty years and won many laurels in various domains of life. Zaheer_ud Din Muhammad Babur, surnamed “Babur” was born in 1483 to Omer Shaikh Mirza ( Fifth male descendant […]
