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Akbar was born at Umarkot in Sind on the October 15, 1542. His father, Humayun, was driven from the throne in a series of decisive battles by the Afghan Sher Shah Suri. After more than twelve years' exile, Humayun regained his sovereignty, which, however, he held for only a few months before he died. Akbar succeeded his father in 1556 under the regency of Bairam Khan , a Turkoman noble, whose energy in repelling pretenders to the throne, and severity in maintaining the discipline of the army, helped greatly in the consolidation of the newly recovered empire. Bairam, however, was naturally despotic and cruel. When order was somewhat restored, Akbar took the reins of government into his own hands by a proclamation issued in March 1560.
On November 5 fifty miles north of Delhi, a Mughal Army defeated Hindu forces of General Hemu to give Akbar the throne of IndiaThe Republic of India is a large multicultural country in South Asia, with a population of over one billion. The Indian economy is the fourth largest in the world, in terms of purchasing power parity, and is the world's second-fastest growing economy. at the Second battle of PanipatAkbar, who was crowned in the year 1556 due to his father's death, defeated Muhammad Shah Adali of Bengal and his Prime Minister Hemu at the 2nd Battle of Panipat . This defeat of Adlai and Hemu marked the end of Afghan power in India and perhaps gave the.
When Akbar ascended the throne, only a small portion of what had formerly comprised the Mughal empire was still under his control, and he devoted himself to the recovery of the remaining provinces. He expanded the Mughal empire to include MalwaMalwa is a region of central India, lying in the western part of Madhya Pradesh state. It lies at the headwaters of the Chambal River and its tributaries, the Kali Sindh and the Parbati. Ujjain is the ancient center of the region, and Indore is presently (1562), GujaratJammu and Kashmir not in Indian control are shown to be outside India. Date of formation May 1, 1960 Capital Gandhinagar Governor Nawal Kishore Sharma Chief Minister Narendra Modi Area 196,024 km² Population Total Density 50,600,000 ( 2001)258/km2 Populat (1572), BengalFor the breed of cat, see Bengal cat; for the tiger, see Bengal Tiger. Bengal Banga Bangla Bangadesh or Bangladesh in Bengali) comprises a region in the northeast of the Indian subcontinent, today divided between the independent country of Bangladesh and (1574), KabulKabul Kabool Kbool is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan with a population variously estimated at 2 to 4 million. It is an economic and cultural center strategically situated in a narrow valley along the Kabul River, high in the mountains before (1581), KashmirKashmir is a region in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent. The term Kashmir historically described the valley just to the south of the westernmost end of the Himalayan range. Politically, however, the term 'Kashmir' describes a much larger area (1586) and KandeshKandesh (also Khandesh is a region of central India, which forms the northwestern portion of Maharashtra state. Kandesh lies on the northwestern corner of the Deccan plateau, in the valley of the Tapti River, and is bound to the north by the Satpura Range (1601) among others. Over each of these, as power was restored, he placed a governor, over whom he superintended.
Akbar did not want to have his court tied too closely to Delhi. He ordered the court moved to Fatehpur Sikri, near Agra, but when this proved untenable, he set up a roaming camp that let him keep a close eye on what was happening throughout the empire. He tried to develop and encourage commerce; he had the land accurately measured for the purpose of correctly evaluating taxation and he gave strict instructions to prevent extortion on the part of the tax gatherers.