Life Muhammad Ghori had no son and, therefore, he had distributed his vast empire among his nephew and faithful lieutenants Qutbuddin- Aibak as he was his most trusted lieutenant got his Indian possessions by his own choice. Muhammad's nephew Ghiyas-ud-din succeed him at Ghur and his other two lieutenants such as Taj-ud-din Yeldoz and Nasir-ud-din Qabacha got the area from [...]
“The history of Muslim sovereignty in India, properly speaking, begins with Iltutmish. It was he who gave the country a capital, an independent state, a monarchical form of government and a governing class. Among his other achievements, beautification of the city of Delhi as well as execution of a better administration in the country were important”-Dr. R.P. Tripathy. Iltutmish was [...]
In the history of Rajputana in particular and India in general, Rana Pratap occupies a place of prominence. It goes to his credit that Akbar, the Great Mughal emperor failed to subdue him with all the power at his command. Rana's spirit of freedom has a few parallels in Indian history. Rana Pratap was the son of Udai Singh and [...]