Indian Historical Personalities

Samudragupta was a ruler of the Gupta Empire of Ancient India who greatly expanded his dynasty’s political power.

Chandragupta Maurya was the founder of the Mauryan Empire in ancient India.

Bimbisara was one of the early kings of the Magadha empire.

Ajatashatru was a king of the Haryanka dynasty of Magadha in East India. His father was King Bimbisara. 

Aisan Daulat Begum was the first wife and the chief consort of Yunus Khan and the grandmother of the first Mughal Emperor Babur.

Qutlugh Nigar Khanum was the first wife and chief consort of Umar Shaikh Mirza II, the ruler of Ferghana Valley.

Yunus Khan was the Khan of Moghulistan from 1462 until his death in 1487, also known by the name Haji Ali by historians.

Nur Jahan was one of the most renowned women and she was the twentieth and last wife of the Mughal emperor Jahangir.

Raja Prithviraj Singh I was the Rajput ruler of Amber in sixteenth-century.

Bibi Mubarika Yusufzai was the fifth wife and the queen consort of the founder of the Mughal Empire, Babur.

Masuma Sultan Begum was the fourth wife of the Mughal Emperor, Babur.

Zainab Sultan Begum was the second wife of the founder of the Mughal Empire, Babur and the queen consort of Ferghana Valley and Kabul.

Aisha Sultan Begum was the first wife of the founder of the Mughal Empire, Babur.

Rani Manrang Devi was the wife of Raja Askaran of Narwar and the mother of mother of Jagat Gosain Begum (wife of Jahangir).

Diwanji Begum was the wife of Abu’l-Hasan Asaf Khan who was the Grand Vizier or the Prime Minister of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan.

Lakhuji Jadhav was a noble-man of Sindkhed Raja (in the present-day it is Buldhana district of Maharashtra) in the 16th century.

Raja Bharmal. also known as Bihari Mal, Bhagma was was the Rajput king of Amer from 1548 to 1574.

Gulbadan Begum was the daughter of the founder of the Mughal Empire Babur and the author of her book Humayun-Nama. 

Bairam Khan was the most important military commander in the Mughal Empire who also became the commander in chief of the Mughal army.

Raja Bhagwant Das was the ruler of Amer and the eldest son of Raja Bharmal.

Gulrukh Begum was a Mughal princess and a daughter of the Mughal Emperor and founder of the Mughal Empire, Babur.

Gulchehra Begum was the daughter of Mughal Emperor Babur and the sister of the Mughal Emperor Humayun.

Kamran Mirza was the second son of the founder of the Mughal Empire, Babur and the half-brother of Babur’s eldest son Humayun

Fatehpuri Begum was one of the wives of the fifth Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan.

Sirhindi Begum was one of the wives and queen consort of the fifth Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan.

Saibai Bhosale was the first wife of Shivaji Maharaj Bhosale and the mother of Sambhaji.

Shahaji Bhosale was the father of Shivaji Maharaj Bhosale and the founder of the Maratha Founder.

Rajmata Jijabai was the wife of Shahaji Bhosale and the mother of the founder of the maratha empire, Shivaji Maharaj.

Maham Begum or Mahim Begum was the third wife and chief consort of the founder of the Mughal Empire, Babur.

Abu’l-Hasan Asaf Khan was the father of Mumtaz Mahal and the older brother of Nur Jahan.

Rani Padmini was a beautiful princess of Mewar Kingdom and also known as Padmavati who was the wife of Rajput ruler Ratan Sen

Alauddin Khilji was the most powerful emperor and a son-in-law and the nephew of Jalaluddin.

Nur un nissa Begum was the 17th and last wife of Emperor Jahangir and she was the chief wife of the emperor.

Umar Shaikh Mirza II was the emperor of the Timurid Empire and the father of the founder of the Mughal Empire, Babur.

Akbar Shah II, also known as Akbar II was the 18th emperor of the Mughal Empire who reigned from 1806 to 1837.

Hamida Banu Begum (or Maryam Makani) was one of the wives of the second mughal emperor Humayun and the mother of the mughal emperor Akbar.

Bega Begum (or also known as Haji Begum) was the first wife and the chief consort of the second mughal emperor Humayun.

Jodha bai or Mariam-Uz-Zamani was one of the wives of Mughal Emperor Akbar who was known by several names Harkha Bai and Jodha Bai.

Salima Sultan Begum was the 4th wife of the Mughal Emperor Akbar and the granddaughter of the founder of the Mughal Empire, Babur.

Bindusara, also known as Amitraghata which means ‘Slayer of enemies’ in sanskrit. He was the second emperor in the Maurya dynasty.

Shah Begum was first wife of the future Mughal Emperor Jahangir and she belonged to a rajput family.

Karuvaki was the wife of the Mauryan emperor Ashoka. She was the only queen whose name is mentioned in the edicts and inscriptions of Ashoka.

Subhadrangi was the empress consort of the Mauryan Empire and the mother of the great King Ashoka.

Babur was the founder of the Mughal Empire, the first Mughal Emperor and the grandfather of Akbar.

Bahadur Shah II ( Bahadur Shah Zafar) was 19th and the last Mughal Emperor who ruled on Old Delhi and the surrounding regions only.

Abu’l-Nasir Muhammad who was known as Hindal Mirza was the youngest son of the first Mughal Emperor Babur.

Ruqaiya Sultan Begum was the empress consort and first wife of the third Mughal Emperor Akbar.

Izz-un-Nissa , popularly known as Akbarabadi Mahal was the third wife of the fifth Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan.

Raja Udai Singh who was also known as Mota Raja was the Rajput ruler of Marwar (Jodhpur) from 1583 to 1595.