The Mughal Empire that ruled India for hundreds of years continues to shape the face of Delhi. Here in the sprawling capital, ...

Chandni Chowk, a bustling marketplace in the heart of Old Delhi is among the most important historic spots in the national capital visited by millions of tourists and locals each year. But did you ...

Chandni Chowk was once the kind of neighborhood that people spoke about with awe. Built in the 17th century by Emperor Shah Jahan, it reflected the wealth of the once mighty Mughal empire, quickly ...

In 1848, Emily Metcalfe climbed hundreds of steps in the 12th-14th century Qutb Minar to eat mangoes and oranges in seclusion and wild abandon because her father Thomas Metcalfe felt that these juicy ...

Historians say Mughal history’s 500-year impact endures in India, it can’t be deleted; Prof. Naman Ahuja, V. Sriram and Sohail Hashmi pick essential reads ...

The marble throne of Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last Mughal emperor, symbolizes a collapsed dynasty, now housed in a museum near ...

Babur saw India as a source of wealth and prestige for his personal and familial ambition. Unlike Temür, he stayed there after his victory, until his death in 1530. | Wikimedia Commons Personalities ...

By the time the two sides met at Panipat, this was no longer just a fight for territory. It was a fight over who would ...