In 1527, a battle was fought on the fields of Khanwa near Bharatpur in Rajasthan, between the Mughals and the Rajputs. But the Afghans, in a most unusual decision, joined hands with Rana Sanga's ...

Under the Mughal Empire, Muslims ruled India for about 300 years. The rule of the Mughals started in 1526 and ended in 1857. The founder of the Mughal dynasty in India was Zahiruddin Muhammad Babur.

She was born in 1205 to the house of Shams-us-din Iltutmish, as his only daughter. When Iltutmish had to leave for Gwalior, ...

The first ruler of the Delhi Sultanate, Qutb-ud-Din Aybak, commissioned the column as a symbol of triumph in 1199. After Aybak died, while playing polo after just four years of rule, his successor ...

Even Maharashtra, India’s financial nucleus, is often at the mercy of the Delhi Sultanate for critical policy directions and tweaks. The Maharashtra legislature has 288 seats while the Delhi ...