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  • 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…
  • JahangirPrince Nur al-Din Muhammad Salim entered the world on the 31st of August 1569 within the red sandstone walls of Fatehpur Sikri.
  • BaburUmar Shaikh Mirza II died in 1494 while tending pigeons in an ill-constructed dovecote that toppled into the ravine below the palace.
  • Tipu SultanOn the 1st of December 1751, a boy named Tipu Sultan entered the world in Devanahalli. This small town sat about 40 kilometers north of modern Bangalore.
  • Bahadur Shah ZafarBahadur Shah Zafar sat upon a throne that held no power beyond the walls of Delhi. He became emperor in 1837 after his father Akbar II died.