⚔ Battle · ★ Major
Battle of Haldighati
1576 – present · 📍 Haldighati
Maharana Pratap against Akbar's army under Man Singh.
What it led to: The Mughals held the field but Maharana Pratap escaped to continue resisting.
Where it happened.
Meanwhile (within 10 years)
- 1568 ⚔ Akbar takes Chittorgarh · Mughal Empire
- 1571 Fatehpur Sikri founded · Mughal Empire
- 1573 ⚔ Akbar conquers Gujarat · Mughal Empire
- 1573 Muhammad Thakurufaanu frees the Maldives · Sultanate of the Maldives
- 1576 ⚔ Battle of Rajmahal: Mughals take Bengal · Mughal Empire
- 1580 Akbar organises the empire into subahs · Mughal Empire
- 1582 Akbar's Din-i-Ilahi · Mughal Empire
- 1586 ⚔ Mughals annex Kashmir · Mughal Empire
Alive at the time
Surdas
c. 1478 – c. 1583
Blind Bhakti poet of the Sursagar
Tansenc. 1500 – c. 1589
Musician at Akbar's court and one of the Navaratnas
Gulbadan Begum1523 – 1603
Babur's daughter who wrote the Humayun-nama
Birbal1528 – 1586
Minister and famed wit at Akbar's court
Tulsidasc. 1532 – c. 1623
Author of the Ramcharitmanas
Abdul Qadir Badayunic. 1540 – c. 1615
Historian who wrote the Muntakhab-ut-Tawarikh
Abul Fazl1551 – 1602
Author of the Akbarnama and Ain-i-Akbari
Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khanan1556 – 1627
Poet of the Rahim ke dohe and general of Akbar
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🗂 Era 1
- Medieval IndiaPart of this era
⏳ Periods 1
- Delhi Sultanate & Regional KingdomsBelongs to this period
🏛 Kingdoms & empires 12
- Sultanate of the Maldives 1153 – 1968Existed at the same time (623 years)
- Malla Dynasty of Nepal 1201 – 1769Existed at the same time (443 years)
- Delhi Sultanate 1206 – 1526Existed at the same time (200 years)
- Ahom Kingdom 1228 – 1826Existed at the same time (500 years)
- Vijayanagara Empire 1336 – 1646Existed at the same time (310 years)
- Bahmani Sultanate 1347 – 1527Existed at the same time (180 years)
- Kingdom of Mysore 1399 – 1950Existed at the same time (550 years)
- Kingdom of Kandy 1469 – 1815Existed at the same time (346 years)
- Portuguese Estado da Índia 1505 – 1961Existed at the same time (444 years)
- Mughal Empire 1526 – 1857Existed at the same time (331 years)
- British East India Company 1600 – 1858Existed at the same time (258 years)
- Maratha Empire 1674 – 1818Existed at the same time (144 years)
👑 Rulers 5
- Rana Hammir 1326 – 1364Ruled it
- Rana Kumbha 1433 – 1468Ruled it
- Rana Sanga 1508 – 1528Ruled it
- Maharana Pratap 1572 – 1597Ruled it
- Amar Singh I 1597 – 1620Ruled it
👤 People 1
- Mirabai c. 1498 – c. 1547Lived under it
⚔ Events 1
- Battle of Haldighati 1576Happened in it
🔧 Technology 3
- The first printing press September 1556Made or discovered in this time
- Jantar Mantar observatory early 18th centuryMade or discovered in this time
- The first passenger train 16 April 1853Made or discovered in this time
📄 Research 3
- Inscribing the Other, Inscribing the Self: Hindu-Muslim Identities in Pre-Colon… Cynthia Talbot · 1995Research on this topic
- Temple Desecration and Indo-Muslim States Richard M. Eaton · 2000Research on this topic
- The Pursuit of Persian: Language in Mughal Politics Muzaffar Alam · 1998Research on this topic
📚 Books 2
- Our Pasts I, II & III (Classes 6–8) NCERTRecommended reading
- Themes in Indian History, Parts I–III (Class 12) NCERTRecommended reading