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Topic: Mughal Empire

SubscriberWrites: The Wind Riders of the Sahyadris

How Shivaji’s army broke an empire with hills, horses, and hunger.

Mughal-era ruins to heritage park—architect, author trace journey of Delhi’s Sunder Nursery

Gillian Wright said Alick Percy-Lancaster was the last British horticulturist in India to oversee the upkeep of Sunder Nursery. After him, it went into a ‘sleepy place for decades’.

Hindu designer says ‘India has it better’, Pakistanis say ‘Go to India’

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

Indus Valley to Mughal Empire—How illustrated history books guide us in polarising times

The discipline of history is under siege right now with misinformation running rampant. Illustrated narrative accounts push back against it.

Akbar’s treasury held glass vessels worth Rs 25 lakh. It came from Firozabad

In 'Mughal Glass', Tara Desjardin traces the history of glass production under Mughal rule, which has lacked academic attention so far.

How an Armenian trader became Dara Shikoh’s tutor, shook the Mughal Empire

In ‘A Drop in the Ocean: The Story of My Life’, Syeda Hameed shares many encounters that gave meaning to her life.

Babur’s barbarism to bisexuality, new book leaves nothing out

A small group gathered in Gurugram’s Quill and Canvas bookstore for a discussion on Aabhas Maldahiyar’s book 'Babur: The Chessboard King', who was apparently 'a disastrous military commander'.

Hasan Khan Mewati, ruler praised by BJP who fought against Babur alongside Rana Sanga

On Saturday, then Haryana CM Khattar unveiled 15-ft statue of last Mewat ruler & announced setting up of Shaheed Hasan Khan Mewati chair at Nuh govt medical college ahead of LS polls.

Mughals failed India in science. Just see what Europe did between 1526 and 1757

BJP and its followers portray the Mughal era as a dark period while established historians highlight the glory of 'Great Mughals'. But no one compares Mughals with Europeans.

Historians demand deletions in NCERT textbooks be withdrawn, ask why they were not consulted

Historians including Romila Thapar & Jayati Ghosh, have condemned NCERT move of dropping topics like history of Mughal courts, 2002 Gujarat riots and more, terming it 'divisive'.

On Camera

Maharashtra’s language war reaches West Bengal. Actor Prosenjit Chatterjee is the first victim

While the language war in other states is targeting those who can't speak the local language, in Bengal, even those whose mother tongue is Bengali have to constantly prove their Bengali-ness.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

DRDO successfully tests latest version of UAV-launched precision missile, ULPGM-V3

Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.