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1483 Babur is born in Fergana |
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1526 Babur defeats Ibrahim, the sultan of Delhi at Panipat |
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1530 Death of Babur and Humayun assumes power |
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1540 Afghan Leader Sher Shah defeats Humayun and seizes the empire |
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1555 Humayun re-conquers Delhi |
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1556 Humayun dies, young Akbar is enthroned |
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1562 Akbar, a free thinking Muslim, marries Padmini, a Hindu princess of powerful kingdom Rajaputana |
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1564 Akbar abolishes Jizya, a tax on non-Muslims |
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1605 Death of Akbar and succession of son Jahangir |
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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. |
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1666 Death of Shah Jahan |
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1679 Jijya is re-imposed; Aurangjeb's accesses into Deccan |
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1707 Aurangjeb dies |
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1739 Invading Persians massacre Delhi |
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Weak Mogul Empire Collapses. The Europeans establish themselves in India after 1857 riots |
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1862 Bahadur Shah II the last of the Mogul rulers dies. India becomes a British Colony. |
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