Built during the second half of the 16th century by the Emperor Akbar, Fatehpur Sikri (the City of Victory) was the capital of the Mughal Empire for only some 10 years. The complex of monuments and ...

A Mughal emperor– better known for his love of art, wine, and luxury– made a quiet but remarkable decision that often goes ...

Aurangzeb’s strict and tyrannical rule had created an atmosphere of terror across the realm. Courtesans and dancers had fled ...

India s history is dappled with the wreck of empires Kingdoms have sporadically risen here expanded and fallen reshaping with them the region s culture and uniqueness Historian Thomas Lessman who has ...

Rajasthan Governor Haribhau Kishanrao Bagde on Tuesday attended the Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj Jayanti programme at Raj Bhavan in Jaipur, paying tribute to the Maratha warrior and son of the Maratha ...

Rejecting Sultana Begum's petition, Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna retorted, "Why only Red Fort? Why not Fatehpur Sikri (the capital of the Mughal empire during Akbar's reign in the late 16th century), ...

They came from Central Asia, present-day Uzbekistan. The founder of the Mughal Empire, Babur, was born in the city of Andijan in the Fergana Valley. He was a descendant of Timur (from his father’s ...

India's top education body, NCERT, has removed Mughal and Delhi Sultanate chapters from 7th grade social science books. These changes are part of the 2025-26 academic session under the new National ...

A tragic twist of fate ended the reign of a powerful Mughal emperor—not on the battlefield ... His sudden death stunned the empire, leaving behind questions, chaos, and a legacy forever marked ...

India was undergoing a transformation. The Mughal Empire was in the decline, and the East India Company was spreading it tentacles of influence across the subcontinent. Against this backdrop ...

The textbook then details the creation of the Maurya Empire and chronicles ... Sukanta Majumdar has said the Mughal era has not been removed from the book, but only repetitive content has been ...