New Delhi: Imagine being the great-granddaughter-in-law of India’s last Mughal emperor, once surrounded by luxury and grandeur, only to find yourself in a crumbling slum on the outskirts of Kolkata.

He ordered that his brother’s severed head be placed on a platter and sent to their imprisoned father, Shah Jahan, who had once favoured Dara as his successor. Among Shah Jahan’s four sons – Dara ...

As he was critical of his father emperor Shah Jahan for his entire life, Aurangzeb did not spare him in his last will as well. Holding him responsible for his plight, he instructed his sons not to be ...

This led another son of Shah Jahan, Shah Shuja, to declare himself the emperor of Bengal, and the youngest son, Murad Baksh, to do the same in Gujarat. Shah Shuja then marched towards Agra, while ...

Yet, Jahan Ara and Aurangzeb were at odds most of their life — she was on the side of Prince Dara Shikoh in the murderous battle of succession among Shah Jahan’s sons, and remained a loyal companion ...