In 1494, Emperor Umar Shaikh of Ferghana is feeding pigeons in his palace, while his eldest son, Babur, takes lessons in sword-fighting. All of a sudden, there’s an earthquake. It ruptures the front ...

Except in the corridors of power in New Delhi—where his name is anathema to the Hindu nationalist government—it’s hard to find anything but esteem for Zahirud-din Muhammad Babur, a man remembered in ...

When Babur first set foot in Hindustan in the early 16th century, he saw it through the eyes of a Central Asian prince shaped by the refined courts of Samarkand and Kabul. His memoir, the Baburnama, ...

"Panipat, with its crowded houses and suburbs, would be our shield on one side; the other sides protected by carts and mantlets behind which our foot soldiers and matchlock men would stand." These ...

he First Battle of Panipat took place on April 21 1526, paving the way for Mughal rule in India. Babur, a Central Asian ruler and a descendant of the Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan, invaded India and ...

Since the departure from Andijān last year (AD 1500), Babur’s family has seen abundant hardships. Now finally after things had begun to settle for him in Samarkand, his mother and wife reached ...

With the successful launch of Babur-3 missile, Pakistan completes its nuclear triad. New Delhi: With the first successful test of the submarine-launched Babur missile, Pakistan has taken a giant step ...

Manimugdha S Sharma is a Delhi-based editor with The Times of India. He is an ardent history buff with a fascination for military history. He loves infantry and artillery weapons, horses and swords, ...

Ferghana Valley has an umbilical connection with India. In 1526, a young prince from this fertile valley crossed the Pamirs and the Hindukush ranges and came through the Khyber Pass to Panipat, a ...