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First Indian War of Independence 1857

Indian uprising of 1857

May 10, 2022
by 5 Minute History Mughal EmpireOn This Day

On May 10, 1857, the first Indian War of Independence or Indian Uprising of 1857 began from Meerut to overthrow the rule of the British East India Company. https://youtu.be/pLUb508RJn4 With an 81-year-old Mughal ruler of Delhi, Bahadur Shah Zafar ...

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Portrayal of Nader Shah in the battle of Karnal by Adel Adili

Battle of Karnal 1739, Nader Shah defeats the Mughal forces

February 24, 2021
by 5 Minute History Mughal EmpireOn This Day

On 24 February 1739, Shah of Persia and the founder of the Afsharid dynasty, Nader Shah crushed a large Mughal army in the Battle of Karnal near Delhi. A number of leading Mughal generals had died on the battlefield. Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah was take ...

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Akbar ascends the throne

Akbar ascends the Mughal throne

February 11, 2021
by 5 Minute History Mughal EmpireOn This Day

On this day, 11 February 1556, Jalal al-Din Muhammad Akbar ascended the Mughal throne after his father Humanyu's death. He came to the throne at the age of 13. But being too young to rule independently, the country was effectively governed by a regent, B ...

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Bahadur Shah I becomes Mughal Emperor

January 13, 2021
by 5 Minute History Mughal EmpireOn This Day

On this day, 13th of January, 1709 CE, the Battle of Hyderabad took place between the two sons of Aurangzeb, Bahadur Shah I and Kam Bakhsh. Bakhsh was critically injured and would die the next day. Bahadur Shah himself washed the wounds from Kam Baksh’s ...

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Mughal Empress Nur Jahan dies in Lahore, 1645 CE

December 18, 2020
by 5 Minute History Mughal EmpireOn This Day

Nur Jahan holding a portrait of Emperor Jahangir | Photo: Wikimedia Today on the 18th of December in 1645 CE, the Mughal Empress, and wife of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir, Nur Jahan died in Lahore (now in Pakistan). She was born as Muhr-un-Nisa but whe ...

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Alamgir II is assassinated by Imad al Mulk

Mughal Emperor Alamgir II is assassinated

November 29, 2020
by Sarim Ashrafi Maratha EmpireMughal EmpireOn This Day

Today on the 29th of November in 1759 CE, the 14th Mughal Emperor Aziz al-Din (Alamgir II) was killed by the assassins sent by his wazir Imad al-Mulk and his Maratha allies. Alamgir II was a mere figurehead with all the real power vested in the hand of h ...

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Bahadur Shah Zafar, a short biography

Bahadur Shah Zafar, a short biography

November 14, 2020
by Sarim Ashrafi Mughal Empire

On the 24th of October in 1775 CE, the last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar was born in Shahjanabad, Mughal Empire (now in Old Delhi, India). He was the son of Akbar II and ascended the throne in 1837. At the time of his enthronement, he was a v ...

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