3. Short Answer Questions:
(a) Who was Bairam Khan? How did he help Akbar?
(b) How was Humayun able to recapture his empire?
(c) What do you know about the battle of Haldighati?
(d) What were the measures adopted by Akbar for the expansion of his empire?
(e) Why did the Rajput rulers revolt against Aurangzeb?
Answers
Answer:
a. He accompanied Humayun during his exile in Persia and helped conquer Kandahar before serving as its governor for nine years. In 1556, he played a leading role as a commander in Humayun's reconquest of Hindustan. Following Humayun's death in 1556, Bairam Khan was appointed regent over the young monarch Akbar.
b. After being defeated by Sher Khan in the Battle of Kannauj in 1540, Humayun wandered from place to place and sought refuge from many kings. He was finally given shelter by the Shah of Persia. ... Taking advantage of the situation, Humayun captured Delhi and Agra in 1555 CE and became the emperor of India.
c. The Battle of Haldighati was a battle fought on 18 June 1576 between cavalry and archers supporting the Rana of Mewar, Maharana Pratap, and the Mughal emperor Akbar's forces, led by Man Singh I of Amber. ... However, the rest of the wooded and hilly kingdom was still under the control of the Rana.
d.1)Akbar's expansion of his empire began with the conquest of northern India starting from Malwa. 2)Akbar defeated Baz Bahadur, the young Prince of Malwa, and the state annexed to the Mughal Empire.
e.Due to religious policy of Aurangzeb Raputs started opposing him. Rajput warriors like Raja Jai Singh of Amer, Raja Jaswant Singh of Marwar were important and powerful mansabdars in the Mughal.