Q. Make a table listing the military campaigns of Akbar and Jahangir
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Akbar had a record of an unbeaten military campaigns that consolidated Mughal rule in the Indian subcontinent.
In 1556-1570 Akbar became independent of the regent Bairam Khan and other members of his domestic staff.Military campaigns were launched against the Suris and other Afghans and other kingdoms of Malwa and Gondwana.
In 1568 he seized the sisodiya capital of Chittor and in 1569 Ranthambhor.
In 1570-1585 He led military campaigns in Gujarat followed by Bengal,Bihar and Orissa.
In 1585- 1605 saw expansion of Akbar's empire.Campaigns were launched in the north-west.Qandhar was seized ,Kashmir was annexed as also Kabul.Campaigns in the Deccan started and Berar,Khandesh and parts of Ahmadnagar were annexed.In the last years of Akbar's reign Prince Salim rebeled several times.
Nuruddin Muhammad Jahangir (birth name was Shahzada /Prince Salim or Selim) (20 September 1569 – 8 November 1627) was the fourth Mughal Emperor from 1605 to 1627.
Jahangir was the eldest son of Emperor Akbar the Great. He was married to Queen Nur Jahan ('Light of the World') and was much under her influence. she handled court matters and coins were issued in her name. He is especially well-known because of his memoirs, the Tuzk-i-Jahangiri (also called the Jahangir-nameh by some).His eldest son was Shah Jahan. Prince Khurram,the future emperor Shah Jahan rebelled in the last years of his reign.The efforts of nur jahan,Jahangirs wife , to marginalise him were unsuccessful. In 1622, Jahangir sent his son Prince Khurram against the combined forces of Ahmednagar, Bijapur and Golconda. After his victory Khurram turned against his father and make a bid for power. As with the insurrection of his eldest son [Khusrau Mirza], Jahangir was able to defeat the challenge from within his family and retain power.[4]e died on his way back from Kashmir. After his death, Nur Jahan isolated herself and never talked to anyone.
He is buried at Shah Dara outside Lahore city, now in Pakistan. He was succeeded by his son Shah Jahan. Military campaigns started by Akbar continued.
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