| Name(s) |
AKBAR
(Full name: Abu'l-Fath Jalal ud-din Muhammad Akbar) |
| Date of
Birth |
October 15, 1542
- Umerkot (Undivided India) |
| Date of
Death |
October 27, 1605 -
Fatehpur Sikri, India. |
|
Identity |
Mughal Emperor from
1556 until his death |
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Date-wise Events |
- February 14, 1556: Akbar
succeeded Humayun on this day.
- November 05, 1556: Akbar's army,
led by Bairam Khan, defeated Hemu and the Sur army on this
day at the Second Battle of Panipat, 50 miles (80 km) north
of Delhi.
- February 06, 1562: Akbar
married Mariam-uz-Zamani (Jodha Bai) on this day.
- March 15, 1564: On this
day, the Mughal Emperor Akbar abolished jizya (Islamic tax),
head or poll tax that early Islamic rulers demanded from
their non-Muslim subjects.
- 1575: He built a hall
called the Ibadat Khana ("House of Worship") at Fatehpur
Sikri, to which he invited theologians, mystics and selected
courtiers renowned for their intellectual achievements and
discussed matters of spirituality with them.
- 1581: He did not leave
Fatehpur Sikri on a military campaign until 1581, when the
Punjab was again invaded by his brother, Mirza Muhammad
Hakim.
- 1593: Akbar began military
operations against the Deccan Sultans who had not submitted
to his authority.
- 1595: He besieged
Ahmednagar Fort, forcing Chand Bibi to cede Berar.
- August 1600: A subsequent
revolt forced Akbar to take the Ahmednagar fort.
- January 17, 1601: Akbar
occupied Burhanpur and besieged Asirgarh Fort in 1599, and
took it on 17 Jan. 1601, when Miran Bahadur Shah refused to
submit Khandesh.
- October 03, 1605: Akbar
fell ill with an attack of dysentery on this day, from which
he never recovered. He is believed to have died on or about
27 October 1605, after which his body was buried at a
mausoleum in Sikandra, Agra.
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Other Events &
Developments |
- Popularly known as Akbar I and later Akbar the
Great.
- He was the third and one of the greatest rulers of the
Mughal Dynasty in India.
- He succeeded his father, Humayun, under a regent, Bairam
Khan, who helped the young emperor expand and consolidate
Mughal domains in India.
- He gradually enlarged the Mughal Empire to include
nearly all of the Indian Subcontinent north of the Godavari
river.
- He established a centralised system of administration
throughout his empire and adopted a policy of conciliating
conquered rulers through marriage and diplomacy.
- In order to preserve peace and order in a religiously
and culturally diverse empire, he adopted policies that won
him the support of his non-Muslim subjects.
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