Chronology of Mogul Kings
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1483 Babur is born in Fergana | |
| 1526 Babur defeats Ibrahim, the sultan of Delhi at Panipat | ||
| 1530 Death of Babur and Humayun assumes power | ||
| 1540 Afghan Leader Sher Shah defeats Humayun and seizes the empire | ||
| 1555 Humayun re-conquers Delhi | ||
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1556 Humayun dies, young Akbar is enthroned | |
| 1562 Akbar, a free thinking Muslim, marries Padmini, a Hindu princess of powerful kingdom Rajaputana | ||
| 1564 Akbar abolishes Jizya, a tax on non-Muslims | ||
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1605 Death of Akbar and succession of son Jahangir | |
| 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. | ||
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1627 Jahangir dies and Shah Jahan assumes the throne, crushing his rivals | |
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1631 Shah Jahan's queen Mamtaz dies during childbirth; Shah Jahan commissions the building of her tomb, the Taj Mahal | |
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1658 Shah Jahan's son Aurangajeb executes his brothers, imprisons his father and ascends to the throne of Delhi. | |
| 1666 Death of Shah Jahan | ||
| 1679 Jijya is re-imposed; Aurangjeb's accesses into Deccan | ||
| 1707 Aurangjeb dies | ||
| 1739 Invading Persians massacre Delhi | ||
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Weak Mogul Empire Collapses. The Europeans establish themselves in India after 1857 riots | |
| 1862 Bahadur Shah II the last of the Mogul rulers dies. India becomes a British Colony. |
See Also:
References
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Rizvi S.A.., The Wonder That was India -II, Rupa , 1993
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National Geographic, When the Moguls Ruled, Vol 167, No 4, 1985
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Schulberd L, and Editors of TIME-LIFE, Historic India, Time-Life, 1968
