Jahangir ascended the throne in 1605 CE after the death of his father, Emperor Akbar.

Jahangir was born as Prince Salim. He was named after the Sufi saint Shaikh Salim Chishti, whose blessings Akbar sought for a male heir.

Hemu was the Hindu general and Wazir of Adil Shah Suri. He captured Delhi and crowned himself king before being defeated at the Second Battle of Panipat.

Aurangzeb is considered the last 'Great Mughal' because after his death in 1707, the empire began a rapid decline under the 'Later Mughals'.

Rana Sanga (Sangram Singh) was the powerful ruler of Mewar who fought Babur at the Battle of Khanwa in 1527.

Bhaskaracharya II (12th century) wrote 'Siddhanta Shiromani', which contains the famous section 'Lilavati' dealing with arithmetic and geometry.

Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth Guru, was executed by Aurangzeb in 1675 for refusing to convert to Islam and for championing the rights of Kashmiri Brahmins.

Malik Muhammad Jayasi, a Sufi poet, wrote the epic poem 'Padmavat' in 1540 during the reign of Sher Shah Suri.

Tenali Ramakrishna (Tenali Rama) was one of the 'Ashtadiggajas' (eight poets) in the court of Krishnadevaraya of Vijayanagara, known for his wit and humor.

Firoz Shah Tughlaq desecrated the Jagannath Temple at Puri during his campaign in Odisha (Jajnagar) in 1360.