Chronology of Moghul Kings

Babur
1483
Babur is born in Fergana
1526
Babur defeats Ibrahim, the sultan of Delhi at Panipat
1530
Death of Babur and Humayun assumes power
1540
Afghan Leader Sher Shah defeats Humayun and seizes the empire
1555
Humayun re-conquers Delhi
Akbar the Great
1556
Humayun dies, young Akbar is enthroned
1562
Akbar, a free thinking Muslim, marries Padmini, a Hindu princess of powerful kingdom Rajaputana
1564
Akbar abolishes Jizya, a tax on non-Muslims
Janangir
1605
Death of Akbar and succession of son Jahangir
1617
Revolt in the Southern states of the empire breaks out. Jahangir sends son Khurram to pacify them. Khurram received the title of Shah Jahan.
Shah Jahan
1627
Jahangir dies and Shah Jahan assumes the throne, crushing his rivals
1631
Shah Jahan's queen Mamtaz dies during childbirth; Shah Jahan commissions the building of her tomb, the Taj Mahal
Aurangjeb
1658
Shah Jahan's son Aurangajeb executes his brothers, imprisons his father and ascends to the throne of Delhi.
1666
Death of Shah Jahan
1679
Jijya is re-imposed; Aurangjeb's accesses into Deccan
1707
Aurangjeb dies
1739
Invading Persians massacre Delhi Weak Mogul Empire Collapses.
End of Mogul Empire
1862
Bahadur Shah II the last of the Mogul rulers dies. India becomes a British Colony.


by mrunal