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Our history cannot be complete without discussing the Mughal period. For this, we take you to an incident on the 21st of April, 497 years ago. On that hot April afternoon, a battle was fought a few hundred kilometers away from today’s Delhi. We all know that war as the first war of Panipat. Whichever side wins in this war, it dominates the history of India for the next several hundred years. With this one victory of his, his descendants get a chance to rule this country for more than 300 years. In these 300 years, this dynasty influenced everything from the culture to the social fabric of India. Not only this, the British Empire, which ended the rule of this dynasty, also came to an end, but every little thing of this period has been making a special place in the pages of history. Today even after almost 500 years, we are talking to you on this issue.
In fact, on 21 April 1526, in the first battle of Panipat, Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodi’s army and laid the foundation of the rule of the Mughal dynasty. Babur declares himself the emperor of the Delhi Sultanate. After that the rule of his son Humayun and then Akbar is established. However, for some time between the reign of Babur and Humayun, the Mughal dynasty remains out of power and Sher Shah Suri becomes the ruler. But, then Humayun returns and the Mughal rule expands under the leadership of Akbar. Then it passes through Jahangir, Shahjahan, Aurangzeb and in 1857 the Mughal dynasty ends during the reign of Bahadurshah II.
But, Akbar is the most famous among all these rulers. He marries a Hindu princess. It is discussed a lot in history. It is even said that Akbar laid a strong foundation of Hindu-Muslim unity during his reign and because of this strength, the Mughal dynasty was so effective. Be that as it may, we are not turning the pages of history today. Here we are trying to make you aware of a fact.
There is a question here that when Akbar presented an example of Hindu-Muslim unity and married Hindu princess Jodha Bai and gave her the status of his chief wife, was the marriage between the people of the Hindu-Muslim community at that time one-sided? Or did people of both the religions marry princesses of the other religion? The question is serious because till now in most of the history, discussion of marriage of Mughal emperors with Rajput princesses has been heard. But, we did a lot of research regarding the marriage of Hindu kings with Mughal princesses. There were no solid answers to these questions on the internet. But, all the experts are answering this on the Quora website.
Man Singh married Akbar’s niece
Many people have given their answers regarding this on Quora. A user named Ritesh Singh has posted a post on this. He has claimed that Akbar’s general Mansingh had married Mubarak Begum. It has been said about Mubarak that she was the daughter of Adam Khan. Ritesh Singh has described himself as a history explorer. Many others have made similar claims on Kuvera. Ritesh also claims that Chhatrasal Bundela married Ruhani Begum, the daughter of the Nizam of Hyderabad. Man Singh’s son Jagat Singh married Qutub Khan’s daughter Mariam.
Babur’s daughter became the queen of Kashmir
These Quora users have also claimed that Babur, the founder of the Mulagh dynasty, married his daughter to Dharamchand Katoch, the Rajput king of Kashmir at that time. Similarly, Sultan Ghazni married his daughter to Bappa Rawal. Bappa Rawal had expanded his empire in Central Asia. Raja Gaj Singh Marwar had married Anara Bai. She was the widow of the Sultan of Delhi. Rana Udai Singh had married Begum Lala Bai. In this way this list is very long.
Such marriages were arranged to hold power
These users of Quora claim that these things have been reduced in history. Another user Shahid A. Abbasi writes that such marriages were common among elite people. Shahid calls himself a professor at Puducherry University. He says that one more name can be added to all these names. That name is Maharana Pratap. One of the 11 queens of Maharana Pratap was a Muslim. And for this reason the son of that queen fought against Akbar’s army in the battle of Chittor. At that time Raja Man Singh was leading Akbar’s army.
