The Mughal Emperor Humayun died on January 26, 1556. Humayun was the son of Babur and father of Akbar The Great. On the evening of 24th January, 1556, King Humayun was sitting on the roof of his library situated in that group of the buildings known as Din Panah and was subsequently called Sher … [Read more...]
Early conflicts of Humayun and Sher Shah Suri
Early conflicts of Humayun and Sher Shah Suri The success of Sher Shah Suri (Sher Khan) was not to be an easy one. The Lion King, Sher Shah Suri was doing everything in his power to unite the Indian Afghans and to improve their material and moral conditions he had a hostile element within his own … [Read more...]
Attack on Kalinjar fort and Death Of Sher Shah Suri
Sher Shah Suri marched against the Kalinjar Fort and captured it. Soon after the capture, Sher Shah Suri ( Sher Khan) died on 22nd May, 1545. The Fort of Kalinjar is in the Buldelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh. Immediately after the conclusion of the successful campaign in Rajasthan, Sher Shah … [Read more...]
Major Types of Soil found in India
Major Types of Soil found in India In the higher regions of the Himalayas, Glaciated rocky soils are found just below the snow line. Below this boulder clay is found. Further south, Podsol type of soil is found. The great plain of North India has been built up of alluvium brought down by the great … [Read more...]
Short note on Laterite Soil in India
Laterite soils in India are found in the Eastern Ghat of Orissa, the Southern parts of Western Ghat, Malabar Coastal plains and Ratnagiri of Maharashtra and some part of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Meghalaya, western part of West Bengal. Laterite soils are said to farraginous aluminous … [Read more...]
Mughal Emperor Babur died on 26th December,1530.
Background Humayun, who had been sent as governor of Badkhshan after the battle of Khanua, left his charge and returned to Agra without his father’s permission. He was instructed to go to his jagir at Sambhal, where he fell ill. He was, consequently, brought to Agra by water. Notwithstanding all … [Read more...]
Methods of Soil Conservation in India
Several Methods of Soil conservation have been adopted in India. More than 40 million hectares of land in India have been reclaimed from water erosion, wind erosion and gully erosion. Raindrop erosion has been checked by creating grassland cover. By afforestation soil erosion may be checked as … [Read more...]
Wet Evergreen Forest in India
Evergreen Forests are forests where trees have green leaves across all the four seasons of the year. Wet evergreen forests in India are found in the Terai Region of Eastern Himalayas, Western slopes of Western Ghats and in the island of Andaman and Nicober etc. The west evergreen forests thrive … [Read more...]
Tuzk-e-Babri (Baburnama, Memoirs of Babur)
Tuzk-e Babri is also known as the Memoirs of Babur or Baburnama. The founder of Mughal Empire in India, Babur, recorded his impressions about India country is his autobiography, styled the Tuzk-e-Babri. Tuzk-e-Babri was originally written by Babur during his intervals of leisure in his mother … [Read more...]
Administration of Babur
Mughal Emperor, Babur was successful as a soldier and conqueror. But the administration of Babur was less structured. Babur had created a system of administration that could function very well in the time of war only. The old administrative machinery of the Sultanate of Delhi had crumbled as the … [Read more...]
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