The Bank of Hindostan, General Bank of Bengal and Bengal Bank became the first banks in India to issue paper currency in the ...

Andrisk/Shutterstock In the 1950s and 60s, the Empire State Building sat ... the world's most overrated attraction placed Lady Liberty at number five. A patriotic emblem of American identity, today ...

Over 93 years later, Christ the Redeemer has become one of the most recognisable statues in the world, a key emblem of Rio De ... 17 years by the order of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan to keep ...

Unlike the elaborate thrones of Mughal courts, the Maratha seat of power is ... Perhaps a nod to the empire’s insignia, the sacred tiger emblem, or intricate war formations etched into its wooden ...

Aurangzeb, the Mughal emperor, is known for his controversial rule marked by military expansion and religious orthodoxy. However, his daily habit of knitting caps for personal income showcases his ...

He was the sixth emperor of the Mughal Empire and is often described as the "last effective Mughal ruler." A devout Muslim, Aurangzeb was an expansionist who imposed tough Sharia laws and brought ...

The Mughal empire had an annual revenue 1.75 crore pounds (Rs 193.15 crore), while the entire British treasury was worth 1.60 crore pounds at the time. The Mughal emperor’s treasury contained 90 ...

The Mughal emperors retain a fraught significance ... of the arts fostered a cultural hybridity that took root among the empire’s elites. No one can agree quite how long that golden age of ...

By freeing the spirit of Anarkali from the iron grip of K Asif’s Mughal-e-Azam, director Feroz Abbas Khan has achieved the impossible. As India’s first Broadway-style musical returns to ...

For this, they prepared to surround the Maratha Empire from all sides. However, Sambhaji made tremendous preparations and defeated the Mughal army, which was much larger than his, in many wars ...