The grave of Aurangzeb: What it tells us about the man, his life
Aurangzeb's grave and the circumstances of his death hold many lessons for those interested in learning from history. We ...
Opinion
Much ado about a Mughal ruler
Aurangzeb’s predecessors on the Mughal throne allowed the coexistence of communities — Akbar and Dara Shikoh, the elder brother, who Aurangzeb killed to usurp the throne, patronised religious ...
Why did the Mughals and the British feared Nepal? Why they fail to defeat Nepal despite having a powerful army? Reason will shock you…
The Mughals could never muster the strength to capture Nepal. It is not that the Mughals never thought of it, but the ...
The Art Newspaper17d
The V&A’s Mughal exhibition traces the emergence of a ‘new art’
The exhibition Great Mughals, which is on view until 5 May, has at its heart three absolute monarchs from the house of Tamerlane, whose enlightened patronage of the arts fostered a cultural ...
Strange illnesses that killed Mughal emperors and queens at young age
The Mughal Empire, which flourished during the Indian subcontinent from the early 16th to the mid-19th century, saw the ...
Meet Sultana Begum, the last Mughal heiress, descendant of Bahadur Shah Zafar, now struggles for survival on Rs 6000 pension, she lives in…
Sultana Begum, who claimed to be related to Bahadur Shah Zafar—the last Mughal ruler—is living a life full of difficulties and hardships. Sultana now lives in a small two-room hut with her family in ...
Deccan Herald19d
An ode to opulence
As the cultural legacy of the Great Mughals is part of daily life in India, it doesn’t inspire awe as much as it does in the West. A result of that awe is the ongoing exhibition at the Victoria ...
A Bollywood blockbuster portrayed one of India’s Mughal rulers as a villain. Now people want to destroy his tomb
Riots break out in Nagpur after the release of the film Chhaava, with right-wing Hindu groups threatening to tear down the ...
Indiatimes7d
Sultana, the great-granddaughter of Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar reduced to a life of poverty; she is alive and lives here in India
Sultana Begum, the great-granddaughter-in-law of the last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar, lives in a Kolkata slum in stark contrast to her royal heritage. She faces financial hardships ...