The zamindars generally collaborated with the Mughal conquerors of Bengal ... is initiated in the worship of Annapurna by a Brahmin zamindar. However, the emperor Jahangir scorns Annapurna ...

Either you convert to Islam, or you are beheaded – this was the policy of the most atrocious Mughal emperor, Aurangzeb. He, who came to the throne after imprisoning his father and having his ...

How did it get such a romantic name? Chandni (Moonlight) was in fact the name of a royal Mughal barge, and the ghat it was kept moored at came to be known as Chandni-ghat, hence the locality's name.