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Topic: Mughals

She was the first woman builder in Mughal rule and gave Delhi Humayun’s Tomb

Subhadra Sen Gupta -
Humayun’s Tomb introduced India to the Persian style of a domed mausoleum set in the centre of a landscaped char-bagh garden.

The Indian political leaders of today who come closest to Akbar, Ghiyasuddin, Aurangzeb

Manimugdha S. Sharma -
Akbar was unconventional, Ghiyasuddin believed in the divine right of kingship and Aurangzeb was a darling of the orthodox.

As RSS praises Dara Shikoh, it’s time to give this liberal face of Islam his due

Swadesh Singh -
A senior RSS leader recently said Islam would have “flourished more” in India had Dara Shikoh been the Mughal emperor in place of Aurangzeb.

East India Company sent a diplomat to Jahangir & all the Mughal Emperor cared about was beer

William Dalrymple -
Jahangir had four million armed men under him and a vast empire, talking about trade with an English diplomat bored him greatly.

How the golden era of Kathak began during the Mughal rule under Akbar

Rachna Ramya -
The devotional Kathak dancers of temples became the entertainers in Mughal courts with lavish costumes, refined movement and rhythmic vocabulary, and technical genius.

Nur Jahan, the empress who wielded power in the Mughal court and hunted tigers

Soniya Agrawal -
Nur Jahan was the only Mughal empress who had coins minted with her name on them. She also saved her husband Jehangir from the clutches of rebel leader Mabahat Khan.

Jahangir’s true love was not Anarkali but alcohol

Parvati Sharma -
Parvati Sharma in her book Jahangir writes about the Mughal emperor’s long tryst with alcohol and Akbar’s dismay over it.

The ruin of Zafar Mahal: Mughal era’s last holdout is now a den of drug addicts and gamblers

Alind Chauhan -
The former Mughal palace has been subsumed by unauthorised constructions, and run over by drug addicts and gamblers.

Ira Mukhoty’s ‘Daughters of the Sun’ is intriguing but has gaping absences

Sharanya Munsi -
The book makes for a good history read but does little justice to the women of the Mughal era trapped by the male gaze.
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