Jadunath Sarkar

Jadunath Sarkar

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Jadunath Sarkar was a Bengali Indian historian born on 10 December 1870 in Karchamaria, Natore (part of current day Bangladesh). He became a...
Jahangir

Jahangir

male, deceased (1627)
Nuruddin Salim Jahangir was the ruler of the Mughal Empire from 1605 until his death. The name Jahangir is from Persian جهانگير, meaning "Conque...

Bairam Khan

male
Bairam Khan also Bayram Khan was an Afghan military general who served as the regent to the underage Mughal ruler Akbar, who came to power in 1556....
Syed Ahmed Khan

Syed Ahmed Khan

male, deceased (1898)
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan Bahadur, GCSI (October 17 1817 – March 27 1898), commonly known as Sir Syed, was an Indian educator and politician who pi...
Shah Shuja

Shah Shuja

male, deceased (1660)
Shāh Shujā was the second son of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan and empress Mumtaz Mahal. Emperor Shah Jahan appointed Shah Shuja as the "S...
Salim Chishti

Salim Chishti

male
Shaikh Salim Chisti (1418-1572) was one of the famous Sufi saints of the Chishti Order in India. Salim Chisti was the descendant of the famous...
Shivaji

Shivaji

male, deceased (1680)
Shivaji Bhosle, also known as Chatrapati Shivaji Raje Bhosle was the founder of Maratha empire in western India in 1674. Using guerrilla tactics...
Indu Sundaresan

Indu Sundaresan

female
Indu Sundaresan is an American author. She was born and raised in India, and migrated to the United States for graduate school. Trained as an...

Misl

male
Misl refers to a fighting clan. The period from 1716 to 1799 in Punjab was a highly turbulent time politically and militarily. This was caused by...
Islam Khan

Islam Khan

male, deceased (1613)
Shaikh Alauddin Chisti (? - 1613) was a Subahdar and general of the army of the Mughal empire in Bengal, and the first governor of the city of...