But he was alert enough to register that his beloved sister Roshanara had begun to look for a successor to his throne ... Shah Jahan. He had disrupted the water supply to the palace in the Agra ...

"Why only Red Fort? Why not Fatehpur Sikri (the capital of the Mughal empire during Akbar's reign in the late 16th century), Taj Mahal (famously commissioned by Shah Jahan in the 17th)?" ...

T he Red Fort, also known as Lal Qila in Hindi, is a historic fortress located in Old Delhi, India. It was built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in the mid-17th century and served as the main ...

Seat of the Mughal Empire since Emperor Shah Jehan, the Red Fort stood for ... The pomp and power of the fort was on display each Friday, when Emperor Shah Jahan paraded out of the fort at the ...

In 1963 the peacock was declared the National Bird of India because of its rich religious and legendary involvement in Indian traditions The criteria for this choice were many The bird must be welldis ...

The Mughal emperor Jahanghir and his queen, Noor Jahan—parents of Shah Jahan, who went on to build the Taj Mahal—are considered Kannauj’s first royal patrons. According to local folklore ...

INS Nipat fired missiles at a cargo vessel, MV Venus Challenger, and its escort PNS Shah Jahan, a C-class destroyer. “PNS Shah Jahan suffered irreparable damage while the cargo ship that was ...

The event, which also honoured the 1.5 million Muslim fighters who lost their lives during the Second World War, took place at the Shah Jahan Mosque in Woking, Surrey – the oldest purpose-built ...