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He also laid several gardens in Agra, Sikri and SHER SHAH SURI
Dholpur. He was interested in polo. It should be relevant to describe Sher Shah Suri,
though he was not a Mughal.
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Sasaram, Bihar. Once he killed a tiger single-
The Europeans started to come for trade in India
during the Mughal rule. The Portuguese came to handedly, so the ruler of Bihar gave him the new
India to trade during Shah Jahan’s rule. The name of Sher Shah. He was an ambitious young
English too came during his rule and enjoyed man. He even joined the Babur’s army in order to
several concessions in trade. learn tactics of battle. At the death of Babur, he
declared his kingdom independent in Bengal and
Bihar. He collected a large army and equipped it
HUMAYUN
well. He was defeated by Humayun in 1532, but
Humayun was the eldest of the four sons of Babur, he reorganised his army and defeated Humayun in
the other three were Kamran Hindal and Askari . 1539 and again in 1540, and became the emperor
,
Since they were given smaller areas as compared of India. He ruled over a large empire extending
to Humayun, they were not happy and created from the Jhelum in the west to the Brahmaputra in
problems for him. Moreover, the east, and from the Himalayas in the north to
Babur did not live long after Malwa in the south.
he set up his empire, due to
which he did not get time to
consolidate and set up a
proper system of
administration. This job had
to be performed by
Humayun. Humayun
Humayun was threatened by the Afghans, Gujarat Sher Shah Suri Tomb of Sher Shah Suri at Sasaram
and Rajputs. Humayun defeated Sher Shah Suri in Sher Shah Suri was not only an able general, but
1532 and then Gujarat and Malwa in 1534. While also an able administrator. He set up effective
Humayun was busy consolidating his empire,
civil, military and revenue administration.
Sher Shah Suri regrouped his forces and defeated
him at Chausa in 1539 and then at Kanauj in Civil Administration
1540. He chased Humayun out of his kingdom.
He introduced a new silver coin called rupiya . He
Now, Humayun was without a kingdom. He fled made efforts for the expansion of trade, so he
to Sindh. When he was facing terrible problems, a constructed a large network of roads in his
son was born to his wife. He named him Akbar . empire. He also got planted trees on either side of
This son was to become the greatest Mughal the road. He also got constructed inns and dak
emperor in the times to come. chowkies (postal posts) at regular distances for the
delivery of mail. It was the duty of messenger of a
Humayun went to Persia and sought the help of
the ruler. With his help, he was able to regain the dak chowki to deliver mail up to the next one,
until it reached its destination.
throne of Delhi in 1555 after defeating Islam
Shah , the successor of Sher Shah Suri. This time The modern day Grand Trunk Road (GT Road)
again, he had no time to enjoy the fruits of his follows the road he built to connect Kolkata with
victory, as he fell down the stairs in Delhi and Lahore. Besides, he also got connected Agra to
died in 1556. Humayun was not an able ruler. He Jodhpur, Delhi to Burhanpur, Delhi to Jaunpur,
was fond of taking opium. He was succeeded by Lahore to Multan etc. These roads were used by
his son Akbar. traders and his army.
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