Jahangir
ONE-LINER HISTORY NOTE FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMS Jahangir 1. Early name of Jahangir was Salim. Akbar called him Sheika Baba. 2. Jahangir came to the throne in 1605. 3. Jahangir was the son of Akbar and Jodabai. 4. He married Mehrunnisa , an Afghan widow in 1611 Later he gave her the titles, Noor Mahal (light of the palace) Noor Jahan (light of the world) and Padusha Begum . 5. In 1606 Jahangir executed fifth Sikh Guru Guru Arjun Dev , because he helped Jahangir’s son Prince Khusru to rebel against him. 6. In 1609, Jahangir received William Hawkins , an envoy of King James I of England, who reached India to obtain trade concession. 7. In 1615 Sir Thomas Roe reached the court of Jahangir as the first ...