Shivaji as an empire and nation builder: Although several circumstances are said to be responsible for the rise of Shivaji and his building a strong nation and an empire but the fact remains that it was his charismatic personality that was responsible for his phenomenal achievement. Circumstances in fact already existed and no body tried to make use of these. [...]
Features of the Economic Life of the People during the Mughal Period! Conflicting views have been expressed by the historians regarding the economic conditions of India during the Mughal period. On the one hand we hear of several famines which caused untold sufferings and on the other hand we hear of Akbar the Great and the Golden Age of Shah [...]
Guru Arjun Dev (1563-1606): Period of Gurudum (1581-1606): Guru Arjun Dev, the fifth Guru of the Sikhs was a contemporary of emperor Akbar and Jahangir. The emperor Jahangir got him murdered at Lahore on May 30, 1606 and the Sikhs remember this sacrifice of the Guru as a 'martyrdom' in the cause of Sikh religion. image source: mygodpictures.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Picture-Of-Shri-Guru-Nanak-Dev-G.jpg [...]