1483- Birth of Mughal Emperor Babur on 14 February 1483. Zahirudding Muhammad Babur, better known simply today as Babur, who defeated Ibrahim Lodi of the Lodi Dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate at the first battle of Panipat on the 21st April, 1526, founded the Mughal empire in India.
1556 - Akbar ascended the Mughal throne at the age of 13 years and 4 months on February 14, 1556. The brick coronation platform of Akbar, the known as Takht-i-Akbari, is located at Kalanaur in the Gurdaspur district in Punjab. The brick platform is the place where Akbar’s coronation took place in 1556.
1658 - At the Battle of Bahadurpur near Benares, Shuja, son of the fifth Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, was defeated by Sulaiman Shikoh, on 14 February in 1658. Sulaiman Shikoh was the son of Dara Sikoh, eldest son of Shah Jahan.
The Battle of Bahadurpur was part of the fratricidal war of succession which took place as soon as Shah Jahan fell ill in September, 1657. The sickness of Shah Jahan sparked a deadly war of succession among his four sons – Dara Shikoh, Shuja, Aurangzeb and Murad.
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