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16th-century Indian monarchs

  • AkbarOn the 15th of October 1542, Jalal-ud-Din Muhammad Akbar drew his first breath inside the Rajput Fortress of Amarkot. His parents had fled westward after…
  • Bhagwant DasAmber Fort stood as the capital of Raja Bhagwant Das, a place that would define his legacy. Born in 1527 to Phulvati of Mandore, he was the eldest son of…
  • BaburUmar Shaikh Mirza II died in 1494 while tending pigeons in an ill-constructed dovecote that toppled into the ravine below the palace.
  • HumayunOn the 26th of December 1530, Humayun succeeded his father Babur to the throne of Delhi as ruler of the Mughal territories in the Indian subcontinent.
  • Sher Shah SuriIn 1472 or 1486, a boy named Farid al-Din Khan was born in the town of Sasaram. His family belonged to the Sur clan of Pashtun Afghans who had migrated from…
  • Rana SangaSangram Singh I was born on the 12th of April 1482 to King Raimal and Queen Ratan Kunwar. He entered a world already divided by bloodlines within his own…