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how did Akbar expand the Mughal Empire describe his major conquest

Answer 1

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Akbar’s expansion of his empire began with the conquest of northern India starting from Malwa. Akbar defeated Baz Bahadur, the young Prince of Malwa, and the state annexed to the Mughal Empire.
 Next Akbar sent his forces led by Asaf Khan, the Mughal governor of Allahabad to Gondwana which was ruled by Rani Durgawati. Her army was outnumbered and though she was wounded, she fought on gallantly.
 During the next ten years, Akbar brought the major part of Rajasthan under his control and also conquered Gujarat and Bengal.
 Akbar was aware that the Rajputs were very brave people and it was very essential to win them over. So, he first tried to have friendly relations with them. He married Jodha Bai, daughter of Raja Bihari Mal of Amber. The Mughal emperor honored the Raja’s family by offering Bhagwan Das and Man Singh, (the son and grandson of the Raja respectively) high posts in the Mughal court. Man Singh later proved to be one of the ablest generals of medieval India.
 Rana Udai Singh, a scion of the Sisodias, refused to accept Akbar’s offer of friendship. He instead chose to fight with Akbar. Akbar attacked Mewar in A.D. 1567 and captured the fort of Chittor. Rana Udai Singh had to flee to the hills. The fall of Chittoor was followed by the conquest of Ranthambore reputed to be the most powerful fortress in Rajasthan. Jodhpur had been conquered earlier. As a result of these victories, most of the Rajput rajas, including those of Bikaner and Jaisalmer, submitted to Akbar.
 Maharana Pratap Singh, son of Rana Udai Singh of Mewar wanted to free his motherland from the Mughals. In A.D. 1576, Akbar sent Man Singh to subdue the Maharana Pratap Singh. A fierce battle was fought at Haldighati where the Maharana was defeated.
 In A.D. 1572-73, Akbar led an expedition against Gujurat. Akbar defeated its ruler Muzaffar Shah and to commemorate the victory, got the Buland Darwaza constructed at Sikri.
 In 1576, Bengal and Bihar were annexed to the Mughal kingdom.
 Kabul was under the charge of Mirza Hakim. In A.D. 1580, he invade Punjab. Akbar himself marched against him and compelled Hakim to acknowledge his suzerainaty. In A.D. 1586, Hakim died and Kabul was annexed to the Mughal Empire.
 Likewise Kashmir, Sind and Multan were added to the Mughal Empire. In 1595, Baluchistan and Kandhar were also annexed and thus the chain ofthe defense of the North-West Frontier Province was completed.
 Having fully secured his way over northern India, Akbar thought of conquering the Deccan. One reason was that he wanted to overthrow the Portuguese who had established their factories along the seacoast and were also building up their naval power.
 From A.D. 1595-1601, Akbar sent expeditions to the Deccan to subdue the Portuguese, Chand Bibi of Ahmadnagar and to capture Asirgarh.
 Akbar would not have been able to expand his empire and maintain his hold over it without a strong army. For this purpose, it was necessary for him to organise the nobility as well as his army. Akbar realised both these objectives by means of the Mansabdari System.

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Answer 2

Akbar's expansion of his empire began with the conquest of northern India starting from Malwa. Akbar defeated Baz Bahadur, the young Prince of Malwa, and the state annexed to the Mughal Empire. ... During the next ten years, Akbar brought the major part of Rajasthan under his control and also conquered Gujarat and Bengal.