How long was India's Mughal period?

Answer 1

The Mughal Empire, (Persian: امپراتوری مغول, self-designation Gurkānī, Persian: گوركانى, which was also the self-designation of the Timurids in Central Asia and Khorasan) was an empire that at its greatest territorial extent ruled most of the Indian subcontinent, then known as Bharat, and parts of what is now Afghanistan and western Pakistan (Balochistan), between 1526 and 1707. The empire was founded by the Timurid leader Babur in 1526, when he defeated Ibrahim Lodi, the last of the Delhi Sultans at the First Battle of Panipat. "Mughal" is the Persian word for "Mongol". The Mughal rulers were adherents of Islam.

The territory was largely conquered by the Pashtun Sher Shah Suri during the time of Humayun, the second Mughal ruler, but under Akbar the Great it grew considerably, and continued to grow until the end of Aurangzeb's rule. Jahangir, the son of Mughal Emperor Akbar and Rajput princess Mariam-uz-Zamani, ruled the empire from 1605–1627. In October 1627, Shah Jahan, the son of Mughal Emperor Jahangir and Rajput princess Manmati, "succeeded to the throne", where he "inherited a vast and rich empire" in India; and "at mid-century this was perhaps the greatest empire in the world". Shah Jahan commissioned the famous Taj Mahal (between 1630–1653), in Agra as a memorial of his wife Mumtaz Mahal.

The Mughals faced stiff resistance from the Marathas, and after Aurangzeb died in 1707, the empire started to decline in actual power, giving way to the rise of the Hindu Maratha Empire. The Mughals however managed to maintain some trappings of power in India for another 150 years. In 1739 they were defeated by an army from Persia led by Nadir Shah. In 1756 an army of Ahmed Shah Abdali took Delhi again. The British Empire finally dissolved the Mughal Empire in 1857, immediately prior to which it existed only at the sufferance of the British East India Company.

Answer 2

The Great Mughal Emperors
Emperor Name Reign start Reign end
Babur Zahiruddin Mohammed 1526 1530
Humayun Nasiruddin Mohammed 1530 1540
Interregnum * - 1540 1555
Humayun Nasiruddin Mohammed 1555 1556
Akbar Jalaluddin Mohammed 1556 1605
Jahangir Nuruddin Mohammed 1605 1627
Shah Jahan Shahabuddin Mohammed 1627 1658
Aurangzeb Moinuddin Mohammed 1658 1707

Answer 3

It was 1526 - 1857. It was till 1707 that the Great Mughals were in power, after that they were all weak rulers and all the powers had been usurped by their nobles.

Answer 4

1526-1856.
Babur was the first Mughal Emperor while Bahadur Shah Zafar was the last.

Answer 5

1526-1856.
Babur was the first Mughal Emperor while Bahadur Shah II was the last.

Answer 6

1526 AD to 1857 AD
331 Years

Answer 7

Jonathan is spot on approximately era/era classifications. without being a expert on the section,i could recommend 4 achieveable dates: 1757 - conflict of Plassey and the beginnings of British domination in India. 1858 - government of India Act and the initiating of direct rule by the British government. 1885 - initiating of the Indian national Congress (additionally ordinary simply by fact the Congress social gathering). 1947 - Independence from Britain.

Answer 8

1526-1707 was mughal rule then was afgan rule and then british rule

Answer 9

about 300 yrs,xactly is 331years