• according to different versions of his legend, Hindu cattle-god Bir Kuar was killed by either a tigress, seven witches, Mughal soldiers, or his own sister?
• the Urdu movement, which sought to establish Urdu as the lingua franca of the Muslim communities of India, emerged from the fall of the Mughal Empire and became an integral part of the Pakistan movement?
• Radha Ramana is the only image of Krishna that remained in Vrindavana during the 17th-century raids by Islamic king Aurangzeb?
• Moti Masjid, built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, was turned into a gemstone repository during the Sikh rule of Punjab?
• Indian nobleman Anup Rai was known as "Singh Dalan" (Lion Crusher) because he stopped a lion from attacking Mughal emperor Jahangir during a royal hunt?
• Islam Khan was the founder of the modern city of Dhaka and the first Mughal general to subjugate Bengal?
• 17th-century Mughal subahdar Shaista Khan conquered Chittagong and ousted the British East India Company from Bengal over a trade dispute?

Facts on topics related to Mughal Empire

Mongol Empire

• Ani, a medieval city once rivaling Constantinople, was ransacked by Mongols and now stands in ruin?
• in the 13th and 14th centuries, the Mongol Empire had an alliance with the Armenians against their common enemy, the Muslim Mamluks?
• the Byzantine Empire and the Mongol Empire formed an alliance in 1263, and 4,000 Mongol soldiers were dispatched in 1282 to help defend Constantinople?
• the vast Mongol Empire that once stretched from East Asia to Romania was brought down by the Red Turban Rebellion?

Abbasid Caliphate

• Baghdad was under siege for more than a year during a civil war in the 9th century between Al-Amin and his brother Al-Ma'mun for the Abbasid Caliphate?
• an alliance was formed in the 8th century between the Abbasid Caliphate and the Frankish Carolingian Empire against the Byzantine Empire and the Muslim Umayyads of Spain?

Safavid dynasty

• in the Ottoman-Safavid War (1532–1555), the Ottoman ruler Suleiman the Magnificent invaded Persia as far as Baghdad?