Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Today in India History (26th December)

  • Zahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur Shah or Babur, as he is generally called, died on 26th December at the age of 47 in 1530 in Agra. Babur was the founder of the Mughal dynasty in India in 1526. The Mughal rule in India came to an end in 1857 when it last ruler Bahadur Shah Zafar was exiled to Burma by the British.
  • Henry Louis Vivian Derozio, founder of Young Bengal Movement, passes away on 26th December 1831 at a young age of 22 in Calcutta.


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