Mughal Dynasty (Must Remember for SSC)

Name Place of Points to Famous Battles burial remember

Babur 1530 1.Introduced military 1. - (Birth Place – 1.Aram strategy for the first time 1526./ Ibrahim was Fehrangana, bagh() in - killed. Uzbekistan) 2.Bagh-e- Tulughama( and 2.Battle of -1527/ (Kabul). Gun pwder) was defeated. King of double 2.Title of Ghazi(Khanwa) 3.Battle of - burial. 3. Book Mashavi and 1528/Medini Rai was Autobiography”Tujuk-e- defeated. Babri” in Turkish 4.- language, translated by 1529/Mahmud Lodi was Abdul Rahim Khan in defeated. Persian language and called as ”” . 4. Mir Baqir (General of Babur) built Babri Masjid at Ayodhya in 1527. 1556 1.Made” Dinpannah” as 1.- Humayu Tomb second capital near 1539/ won (New ) Delhi. the Battle. built by his wife 2.After defeat he exiled 2.Battle of Hamida Bano to for 15 Kannauj/Belgram-1540/Sher Begum. years. Shah Suri won the battle. 3.Fall from stairs of the 3.Battle of Macchiwara- library, Sher mandal.. 1555/Sikandar Shah, 4.Biography Humayu successor of Sher Shah, was Nama by his sister defeated. Gulbadan Begam. 1605 1.stopped making slave 1.-

(Golden age of At Sikandar near of war prisoners. 1556/ was defeated ) Agra. 2.Stopped pilgrim and and Akbar was crowned at Jaziya tax. the age of 13. 3.Found 2.Battle of Hadighati- and made it as a capital. 1576/ was 4.Fond of playing defeated. Naggara. 5.Ramayana was translated into Persian. 6.Biography by Abul fazal – Ain-e-akbari / Akbarnama, Akbar was illiterate. 7.British East India company started. 8. Concept of Navratna. 9.Built , , fort, (Hall of worship.) 10. Dīn-i Ilāhī was a syncretic religion propounded by him and Birbal was the first to follow. (Salim) 1627 1.Justice Bell 1.Killed the 5th Sikh guru, At Shahdara in 2.Lover of art, music and Arjun Dev. lahore. paintings. 3.Shalimar and in Kashmir. 4.British East India company reached India during the reign of Jahangir. 5. Made Lahore as capital. 6. He married the widow

of Sher Afghan(Rebel Officer), Mehru Nisha(Noorjahan) and later married Jodha Bai.

Shahjahan(Khurram) 1656 1.,Jama 1.He was detained by his Tajmahal in Masjid,Diwan-e-aam, youngest son Aurangjeb for Agra Diwan-e-khas,Peacock 10 years in Agra fort. throne,. 2.chief architect of taj mahal-Ustad Isa.

Aurangjeb 1707 1.Reimpose Jazia Tax. 1.Battle of Samundragarh- Ahmednagar, 2.Abolish Sati Pratah. 1658/Dara Sikoh. Maharashtra. 3.Banned Music, dance. Beheaded and hanged his 4.Banned Persian head at khooni darwaja. Festival Nauroz. 2.Killed 9th sikh guru “Guru 5.Because of his simple Teg Bahadur” as he was living, he was against the forcefully called”Zinda pir” which imposed Islamic law- means living saint. ”Fatwa-i-Alamgiri” 6.Fond of playing Sitar. 7.Moti Maszid, Bibi ka makbara for wife Dilras Bano Begum.

Other Mughals

1. Ahmed Shah- he was called Rangeela because of 4000 wife.

2. Jehandar Shah – Finally abolished Jazia Tax.

3. Farruk Seyar – Gave permission to britishers for free trade.

4. – banned Tobacco in india. Nadir shah defeated him in the battle of Karnal,1739 and took away the peacock throne

5. Alam Gir II –Mughal king during .

6. Shah Alam – Mughal King during .

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