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The Evolution of the British Empire and Commonwealth from the American Revolution: Alfred LeRoy Burt: This book cannot be imported into India. [26] 1969 A Struggle between two lines over the question of How to Deal with U.S. Imperialism: Hsiu-chu Fan This book cannot be imported into India. [26] 1970 Man from Moscow: Greville Wynne
The Treaty of Allahabad was signed on 16 August 1765, [1] between the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II, son of the late Emperor Alamgir II, and Robert Clive, of the East India Company, in the aftermath of the Battle of Buxar of 22 October 1764. The treaty was handwritten by I'tisam-ud-Din, a Bengali Muslim scribe and diplomat to the Mughal Empire. [2]
The Fatwa-e-Alamgiri also formalized the legal principle of Muhtasib, or office of censor [29] that was already in use by previous rulers of the Mughal Empire. [2] Any publication or information could be declared as heresy, and its transmission made a crime. [2] Officials (kotwal) were created to implement the Sharia doctrine of hisbah. [2]
The closest to an official name for the empire was Hindustan, which was documented in the Ain-i-Akbari. [28] Mughal administrative records also refer to the empire as "dominion of Hindustan" (Wilāyat-i-Hindustān), [29] "country of Hind" (Bilād-i-Hind), "Sultanate of Al-Hind" (Salṭanat(i) al-Hindīyyah) as observed in the epithet of Emperor Aurangzeb [30] or endonymous identification from ...
The Mughal Empire, which was established following the defeat of Ibrahim Lodi in 1526 at the First Battle of Panipat and consolidated over the time with expansionist policy of its rulers, derived its strength from its nobility which was hypergamous and included the Indian muslims, Turks, Afghans, and even Hindu Rajputs and Khatris. The Mughal ...
Discrimination against homosexuality was largely imported from the western world through Islam and the Christian-derived morality during European colonialism, starting in the second millennium and ultimately culminating in the 17th century Fatawa-e-Alamgiri of the Mughal Empire and the 17th century Indian Penal Code of the British Empire. [2 ...
Mughal empire disintegrated to such an extent that Shah Alam II was only left with Delhi city to rule. In 1783, Jassa Singh Ahluwalia and Baghel Singh laid siege to the city. After entering Red fort, Jassa Singh Ahluwalia sat on the Mughal throne on behest of Baghel Singh and a title of Badshah Singh was given to him.
The US Commission on International Religious Freedom classified India as Tier-2 in persecuting religious minorities, the same as that of Iraq and Egypt. In a 2018 report, USCIRF charged Hindu nationalist groups for their campaign to "Saffronize" India through violence, intimidation, and harassment against non-Hindus. [12]