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4 days ago · India - The Company Bahadur: The year 1765, when Clive arrived in India, can be said to mark the real beginning of the British Empire in India as a territorial dominion. However, the regime he established was really a private dominion of the East India Company.
3 days ago · Bahadur Shah Zafar, whose so-called reign stretched from Shahjahanabad to Palam, was unaware of any revolt until the sepoys from Meerut reached Delhi on May 11, 1857. A group of sepoys came to the palace's Diwan-i-Khas (hall of private audience) and demanded that Shah Zafar assume leadership of their fight against the British East India Company.
1 day ago · The coronation was an intimate affair, wrapped in the melancholy of the occasion. The body of the late Emperor, Akbar Shah II, still lay unburied within the palace, a reminder of the transitory nature of power. Yet, with all the decorum of his royal heritage, Bahadur Shah Zafar accepted the crown, now bearing more history than authority.
3 days ago · After Aurangzeb died in 1707, Shahu, the son of Sambhaji (and grandson of Shivaji), was released by Bahadur Shah I, the new Mughal emperor. However, his mother was kept a hostage of the Mughals to ensure that Shahu adhered to the release conditions.
3 days ago · According to the NCERT book, in 1857, when a massive rebellion against British rule erupted, the Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar, emerged as the natural leader of the uprising. After the British East India Company crushed the rebellion, Bahadur Shah Zafar was exiled from his realm, and his sons were brutally executed.
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3 days ago · Shah ʿAbbās I of Iran, taking advantage of the unrest, besieged the fort of Kandahār (1606) but abandoned the attack when Jahāngīr promptly sent an army against him. Loss of Kandahār. In 1622 Shah ʿAbbās again attacked Kandahār, and Prince Khurram (later Shah Jahān) was directed to relieve that fortress. However, the prince was ...
1 day ago · Guru Gobind Singh (Punjabi pronunciation: [gʊɾuː goːbɪn̪d̪ᵊ sɪ́ŋgᵊ]; born Gobind Das[a]; 22 December 1666 – 7 October 1708) [1][19] was the tenth and last human Sikh Guru. [20][b] He was a warrior, poet, and philosopher. In 1675, at the age of nine he was formally installed as the leader of the Sikhs after his father Guru Tegh ...
