November 13 marks the birth anniversary of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Gain insights into his life in today’s knowledge nugget.

Guru Arjan was considered one of the most prominent gurus in Sikh history; he became the first martyr guru. He was imprisoned and tortured by Mughal Emperor Jahangir for refusing to convert to Islam.

Sikhism is a monotheistic faith that originated ... Spending half of his reign at war, he consolidated Mughal power and expanded the empire to Gujarat, Bengal and Kabul—not since Ashoka's ...

In 1681, he executed the 9th Sikh Guru, Tegh Bahadur ... Aurangzeb also spent much of his reign waging wars to grow the Mughal Empire. By the time of his death in 1707 the Mughal Empire was ...

In a challenge to previous scholarship, the book suggests that far from undermining the foundations of empire, the court intrigues and political backbiting that were features of Mughal political life ...

Although we know the names of artists who worked at the Mughal Courts, many of the artists who produced ... Artists traveled with rulers to war, hunts, and festivals. Author: Anne Murphy. Asia Society ...

It seems that the West is sending a signal to India that it can return to old hostilities unless India toes their line on ...

“The Guru, who was imprisoned by the Mughal Emperor Jahangir, was standing against the emperor’s regime’s oppression of the ...

Sikhs celebrate Bandi Chhor Divas (Day of Liberation) around the same time as Diwali, commemorating the release of Guru Hargobind Singh, the sixth Sikh Guru, from the prison of Mughal emperor ...

The Sikhs opposed oppression by the Mughal rulers and soon came in conflict ... visit each other's temples and gurdwaras. In the war of 1857, the British cleverly used the Sikh antipathy to ...