Archive | January 17, 2015

Chorological order of Mughal’s king

Date	Events	Date	Events
1483	Babur is born in Fergana	1617	Revolt in the Southern states of the empire breaks out. Jahangir sends son Khurram to pacify them. Khurram received the title of Shah Jahan.
1526	Babur defeats Ibrahim, the sultan of Delhi at Panipat	1627	Jahangir dies and Shah Jahan assumes the throne, crushing his rivals
1530	Death of Babur and Humayun assumes power	1631	Shah Jahan’s queen Mamtaz dies during childbirth; Shah Jahan commissions the building of her tomb, the Taj Mahal
1540	Afghan Leader Sher Shah defeats Humayun and seizes the empire	1658	Shah Jahan’s son Aurangajeb executes his brothers, imprisons his father and ascends to the throne of Delhi.
1555	Humayun re-conquers Delhi	1666	Death of Shah Jahan
1556	Humayun dies, young Akbar is enthroned	1679	Jijya is re-imposed; Aurangjeb’s accesses into Deccan
1562	Akbar, a free thinking Muslim, marries Padmini, a Hindu princess of powerful kingdom Rajaputana	1707	Aurangjeb dies
1564	Akbar abolishes Jizya, a tax on non-Muslims	1739	Invading Persians massacre Delhi. Weak Mogul Empire Collapses. The Europeans establish themselves in India after 1857 riots
1605	Death of Akbar and succession of son Jahangir	1862	Bahadur Shah II the last of the Mogul rulers dies. India becomes a British Colony.