Question

Arrange the following events of Akbar’s reign in the Chronological order:

1. Uzbeq Rebellion

2. Introduction of Dagh System

3. Conquest of Kashmir

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

Codes:

(a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 2, 1 and 3 (c) 3, 2 and 1 (d) 2, 3 and 1

Answer 1

(a) The correct chronological order of the events of Akbar’s reign were; Uzbek Rebellion, introduction of Dagh System and Conquest of Kashmir. Uzbek chiefs broke out in rebellion in 1564, Akbar decisively defeated and routed them in Malwa and then Bihar. He pardoned the rebellious leaders, hoping to conciliate them. But they rebelled again, so Akbar had to quell their uprising a second time. Ali Shah surrendered immediately to the Mughals, but another of his son, Yaqub, crowned himself as king, and led a stubborn resistance to Mughal armies. Finally, in June, 1589, Akbar himself travelled from Lahore to Srinagar to receive the surrender of Yaqub and his rebel forces.