Akbar the Great
ONE-LINER HISTORY NOTE FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMS
Akbar
the Great
1. Father
- Humayun
2. Mother
- Hamida Bhanu Begum
3. Step
mother - Magam Anaga
4. Guardian
- Bairam Khan
5. First
Guardian - Munim Khan
6. Akbar
was born at Amarkot in Sindh in 23 Nov. 1542.
7. He
came to the throne on February 14, 1556 at the age of 14 at Kalanur.
8. Hemu
the Hindu Prime Minister of Muhammed Adilshah of Bihar occupied Agra and
accepted the title Maharaja Vikramaditya.
9. Akbar
killed Hemu in the Second Battle of Paniput in 1556 November 2.
10. Akbar
became an independent ruler at the age of 18 in 1560, after dismissing
Bairamkhan.
11. Later
he married Bairam Khans widow Salima Begum.
12. In
1561 he defeated the musician Sulthan of Malwa - Baz Bahadur.
13. In
1562 Akbar married Joda Bhai, the daughter of Raja Bharmal of Amber
14. In
1564, he abolished the religious tax Jaziya. Jaziya was impossed for the first
time by Firozshah Tughlaq.
15. In
1572 he captured Gujarat and in memory of that he built a new capital city Fathepur
sikri (city of Victory) near Agra.
16. The
early name of Fathepur Sikri was city of Sikri.
17. Buland
Darwaza is the gate way of Fathepur Sikri,
built by Akbar.
18. In
1575 Akbar constructed a prayer house in Fathepur Sikri known as Ibadatkhana.
19. In
1579 he issued the Infallibility Decree by which he made himself the
supreme head in religious matters.
20. In
1580 the first Jesuit missionaries arrived at the court of Akbar.
21. In
1585 Ralph Fitch the first English man to reach India, reached Akbar’s
court.
22. Ralph
Fitch is known as pioneer English man or torch bearer Englishman.
23. In
1582 Akbar founded a new religion for universal peace and monotheism known as ‘Din
Ilahi’ means Divine Faith.
24. In
1583 he started a new Calendar called Ilahi Calendar.
25. In
1576 Akbar defeated Maharana Pratap of Mewar in the battle of
Haldighat. Haldighat is a mountain pass in the Aravally hills in Rajasthan.
26. The
Portuguese introduced tobacco for the first time in India in the court of Akbar
in 1604.
27. Akbar
was the Mughal Emperor when the English East India Company was being
founded in 1600 December 31.
28. Akbar
died in 1605.
29. His
tomb is situated at Sikhandra near Agra.
30. Akbar
was an illiterate person, but he was a patron of men of eminence. He maintained
a Scholastic Assembly in his court. They included the following personalities.
31. Abul
Fazal : Akbar’s court historian who wrote Akbar’s
biographical works Ain-i-Akbari and Akbar Namah..
32. Abul
Faizi : Persian poet and brother of Abul
Fazal. He translated Mahabharata into Persian in name ‘Razam Namah’ and
Bhaskaracharya’s mathematical work Leelavati into Persian.
33. Mian
Tansen : His original name was Ram Thanu Pande.
He was the court Musician of Akbar. He composed a Raga, Rajdarbari in honour of
Akbar.
34. Birbal
: His real name was Mahesh Das. He is the court
jester of Akbar.
35. Raja
Todarmal : RajaTodarmal was Akbar’s finance or
revenue minister. He formulated Akbar’s revenue system Zabti and Dashala
systems. Raja Todermal also translated Bhagavatapurana into Persian.
36. Maharaja
Mansing : Akbar’s military commander.
37. Badauni
: a historian who translated Ramayana into Persian -
Tarjuma -1-Ramayan.
38. Tulasidas
: Hindi poet who wrote Ramacharitamanas.
39. Akbar’s
military system was known as Mansabdari system, which included Ranks
from 10 - 7000
40. Akbar
was also responsible for the introduction Persian as the official language of
Mughals.
41. He
divided the Mughal Empire into 12 Subahs (provinces) for the administrative
conveniences.
42. Akbar
was also the first ruler to organise Hajj. Pilgrimage at the government
expense. The Port Cambay in Gujarat is known as the ‘Gate way to Mecca from
Mughal India’.
43. Akbar
was an accomplished Sitar player.
44. Mughal
- Rajput friendly relation began during the period of Akbar.
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