The NorthWest Frontier Every government in India has to deal with the complex north-west frontier problem. This region occupiers a position of strategic as well as economic importance, and i... Read more
Soon after Akbar’s accession, Himu, the capable general and minister of ‘Adil Shah Sur, came forward to oppose the Mughuls. He first occupied Agra and Delhi by defeating Tardi Be... Read more
The Successors of Sher Shah The Afghan Empire built up by Sher Shah did not long survive his death. The disappearance of his strong personality, and the weakness of his successors, led to th... Read more
The rights of the tenants were duly recognised and the liabilities of each were clearly defined in the kabuliyat (deed of agreement), which the State took from him, and the patta (title-deed... Read more
The victory over the sovereign of Delhi widened the limit of Sher Khan’s ambition and made him the de facto ruler of the territories extending from Kanauj in the west to the hills of A... Read more
Farid was soon taken to Sasaram by his father, Hasan, who had been granted a jagir there by his master, Umar Khan Sarwani, entitled Khan-i-A’zam, when the latter got the governorship o... Read more
The first mistake on the part of Humayun was that he showed indiscreet clemency, probably under the dying instructions of his father, towards his brothers, who being his jealous rivals shoul... Read more
During the four years that Babur spent in Hindustan, the Punjab, the territory covered by the modern United Provinces, and North Bihar, were conquered by him, and the leading Rajput state of... Read more
But the Mughul conquest of Hindustan was not an accomplished fact as a result of Babur’s victory over lbrahim. It did not give him the virtual sovereignty over the country, because the... Read more
Babur THE history of India from A.D. 1526 to 1556 is mainly the story of the Mughul-Afghan contest for supremacy in this land. The previous Mughul (Mongol) inroads into India did not prod... Read more