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LATER MUGHALS who was a ruler only in name.

The Mughal rulers after Aurangzeb are called the He was deported to Rangoon
Later Mughals . They were weak and incompetent. (in Myanmar) in 1858 after the
The empire continued to shrink during their rule. First War of Independence
Bahadur Shah Zafar was the last Mughal emperor where he died. With this, the
Mughal empire came to an end.
Bahadur Shah Zafar

v The first six Mughal rulers are called the great Mughals who were—Babur, Humayun, Akbar, Jahangir, Shah
Jahan and Aurangzeb.
v The Mughal empire came into being after Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodi at the battle of Panipat in 1526.

v Babur and Humayun could not get time to consolidate the empire.
v Sher Shah Suri defeated Humayun and established his empire in India. He was an able military commander
and administrator.
v Akbar became the emperor in his childhood and he proved to be the greatest Mughal ruler.
v Jahangir and Shah Jahan continued with the policy of religious tolerance of Akbar and ruled well.
v Aurangzeb deviated from the policy of religious tolerance so he had to face revolts all his life and it put the
Mughal empire on the path of decline and disintegration.

A. Tick (3) the right option :
1. ______________ was the last Mughal emperor.
(a) Bahadur Shah Zafar (b) Babur (c) Akbar
2. ______________ was a tolerant king.

(a) Jahangir (b) Akbar (c) both of them
3. Sher Shah Suri was an able ______________ .
(a) general (b) administrator (c) both of these
4. The Grand Trunk Road was built by ______________ .
(a) Akbar (b) Sher Shah Suri (c) Shah Jahan

5. The second battle of Panipat was fought in ______________ .
(a) 1556 (b) 1557 (c) 1565
6. The later Mughals were ______________ .
(a) weak (b) incompetent (c) both of these
7. Nur Jahan was the wife of ______________ .

(a) Humayun (b) Akbar (c) Jahangir
8. ______________ is known as the engineer king.
(a) Babur (b) Shah Jahan (c) Jahangir

The Mughal Emperors
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