Resistance to Mughal Imperial Rule

Akbar

Mughal emperor from 1556 to 1605

Akbar, also known as Akbar the Great, was the third Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1556 to 1605. Akbar succeeded his father, Humayun, under a regent, Bairam Khan, who helped the young emperor expand and consolidate Mughal domains in the Indian subcontinent. He is generally considered one of the greatest emperors in Indian history and led a successful campaign to unify the various kingdoms of Hindūstān or India proper.

Ali Adil Shah II

Sultan of Bijapur from 1656 to 1672

Ali Adil Shah II was the 8th Sultan of Bijapur. He succeeded to the throne of Bijapur through the efforts of the Prime Minister Khan Muhammad and the Queen, Badi Sahiba, sister of Qutb Shah of Golkonda on the death of Mohammed Adil Shah of Bijapur on 4 November 1656.

Baba Buddha

Important figure in Sikhism

Baba Buddha was a prime figure in early Sikhism.

Baba Gurbaksh Singh

Sikh warrior (1688–1764)

Baba Gurbaksh Singh was a Sikh warrior from the 18th century who served under the Shaheedan Misl of the Sikh confederacy. Gurbaksh Singh along with 29 other Sikh warriors led a last stand against the Afghan and Baloch forces on 1 December 1764, at Amritsar. It was in this skirmish that Baba Gurbaksh Singh along with 29 other Sikhs were killed. He is remembered by Sikhs as one of their notable martyrs of the 18th century.

Babu Himmat Sah

Ruler of Kohra

Babu Himmat Sah was the founder and the first ruler of the Kohra (estate) in the Awadh region of northern India. He belonged to the Bandhalgoti clan of Rajputs and was the younger son of Raja Bikram Sah, the then ruler of Amethi.

Baburi Andijani

Secret lover of Moghul Emperor Babur katua

Baburi Andijani or Andizani was a lover of Zahiruddin Muhammad Babur; Emperor Babur first saw him at the camp market in Uzbekistan, in 1499, and was deeply infatuated. No more is known about Baburi. Although Baburi is rarely mentioned in other historical texts, the emperor mentions his beloved, Baburi many times in his autobiography "Babarnama" and expresses his love towards Baburi writing several couplets about him.

Balinarayan

King of the Darrang Kingdom from 1616 to 1638

Balinarayan alias Dharmanarayan or Baldeo of Mughals was the son of Koch King Raghudev and younger brother of King Parikshit who was established as the first king of Darrang Desa as a tributary by Ahom king Pratap Singha. He was the chief conductor of the operations conducted against the Mughals during their occupation of Kamrupa which was annexed to the Mughal domain after the defeat of the Koch Hajo kingdom.

Bhai Bala

Companion of Nanak (1466–1544)

Bhai Bala is believed by some to have been a companion of Guru Nanak. Born in Talwandi into a Sandhu Jat family, Bala is also said to have been a close associate of Bhai Mardana.

Dharam Singh

17th Chief Minister of Karnataka

Dharam Narayan Singh was an Indian politician who served as the 11th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 28 May 2004 to 28 January 2006 and Member of the Lok Sabha from Bidar Lok Sabha constituency, in 15th Lok Sabha from 2009 to 2014.

Dhari Hambir Malla Dev

Raja of Mallabhum from 1620 to 1626

Dhari Hambir Malla Dev, also known as Dhari Hambeera was the fiftieth king of the Mallabhum. He ruled from 1620 to 1626 CE.

Farhad Khan

Mughal military strategist

Farhād Khān, also known as Nizam-e-Zamanah or Nizam-e-Zaman, was a Mughal military strategist who had many positions throughout his life. He was the most well-known Faujdar of Sylhet Sarkar, governing in the late 17th century during the reign of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. He was renowned for the construction of numerous bridges and places of worship in the region.

Fateh Shah

Raja of Garhwal from 1660 to 1708

Fateh Shah was the Hindu Rajput king of Garhwal, a small kingdom in North India, from 1684 to 1716.

Garib Das

Saint (1717-1778)

Sant Garibdas, was an 18th century Hindu spiritual leader, Saint-poet and reformer, and the founder of Garibdasi Sampradaya.

Guru Gobind Singh

Tenth Sikh guru from 1675 to 1708

Guru Gobind Singh was the tenth and last human Sikh Guru. He was a warrior, poet, and philosopher. In 1675, at the age of nine, he was formally made the leader of the Sikhs after his father Guru Tegh Bahadur—the ninth Sikh Guru—was executed by the emperor Aurangzeb. His four biological sons died during his lifetime—two in battle and two executed by the Mughal administrator Wazir Khan.

Joymoti Konwari

Indian princess

Joymoti Konwari was the wife of Ahom prince Gadapani. She died at the hands of the royalists under Sulikphaa Loraa Roja without disclosing her exiled husband Gadapani's whereabouts in the Naga Hills, thereby enabling her husband to rise in revolt and assume kingship.

Lehna Singh Bhangi

Sikh ruler of Lahore

Lehna Singh Bhangi was one of the triumvirate rulers of Lahore during the late 18th century.

Maharana Pratap

Maharana of Mewar from 1572 to 1597

Pratap Singh I, popularly known as Maharana Pratap, was king of the Kingdom of Mewar, in north-western India in the present-day state of Rajasthan, from 1572 until his death in 1597. He is notable for leading the Rajput resistance against the expansionist policy of the Mughal Emperor Akbar including the battle of Haldighati.

Mai Bhago

Sikh warrior woman (1670–1720)

Mai Bhago also known as Mata Bhag Kaur, was a Sikh woman who led Sikh soldiers against the Mughals in 1705. She was an exceptionally skilled warrior on the battlefield and is revered as a warrior saint in Sikhism. She was known for rallying the 40 Sikhs who abandoned Guru Gobind Singh at the siege of Anandpur Sahib and bringing them back to fight.

Mata Ganga

Wife of the fifth Sikh guru

Mata Ganga was the wife of the fifth Sikh guru, Guru Arjan. She is one of the four consorts bestowed with the title of Guru-Mahal.

Mata Sulakhni

Wife of Guru Nanak (1473–1545)

Sulakhni (1473–1545), also known as Choni and often referred as Mata Sulakhni, was the wife of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism.

Mata Tripta

Mother of Guru Nanak (1446–1522)

Mata Tripta was the mother of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism.

Mir Habib

Warlord under Nawab of Bengal and Maratha Empire

Mir Habib Isfahani was a warlord who used to be in the employment of the Mughal Subedars (officers) of Bengal, but after being discontent with promotions, went on to aid the Maratha invaders of Bengal and aided in the various Maratha campaigns carried out in Bengal, Bihar, Orissa and adjoining places.

Naina Singh (Jathedar)

Naina Singh, also known as Narayan Singh, was a Nihang warrior and fifth Jathedar of Budha Dal and a chief of the Shaheedan Misl during the late 18th century.

Rana Sanga

Maharana of Mewar from 1509 to 1528

Sangram Singh I, most commonly known as Rana Sanga, was the Maharana of Mewar from 24 May 1509 until his death in 1528. A member of the Sisodia dynasty, he controlled parts of present-day Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Sindh, and Uttar Pradesh from his capital at Chittorgarh.

Rani Durgavati

Queen Regent of Gondwana (1524:-1564)

Durgavati, popularly known as Durgavati Chandel and Rani Durgavati, was the regent queen of Gondwana during her son Vir Narayan infancy from 1550 to 1564 AD. She married a Kachhwaha King named Dalpat Shah, the adopted son of the Gond King Sangram Shah. She is mainly remembered for her courage and sacrifice against the Mughal invasion of Gondwana.

Sambhaji Maharaj

Chhatrapati of the Marathas from 1681 to 1689

Sambhaji, also known as Shambhuraje, ruled from 1681 to 1689 as the second king (Chhatrapati) of the Maratha Empire, a prominent state in early modern India. He was the eldest son of Shivaji, the founder of the Maratha Empire.

Sarang Khan Gakhar

Gakhar chief from 1520 to 1541

Sarang Khan Gakhar was a 16th century Punjabi Muslim general and chief of the Gakhar clan in the northern Punjab region of modern day Pakistan. He became chief of his clan in 1520 after the death of Hathi Khan, and was confirmed on his position by the Mughal emperor Babur. He refused to recognise Suri usurpation of power from Humayun and died fighting against Sher Shah Suri at Rawat Fort in 1541 along with 16 of his sons.

Shivaji

Chhatrapati of the Marathas from 1674 to 1680

Shivaji I was an Indian ruler and a member of the Bhonsle dynasty. Shivaji inherited a jagir from his father who served as a retainer for the Sultanate of Bijapur, which later formed the genesis of the Maratha Kingdom. In 1674, he was formally crowned the Chhatrapati of his realm at Raigad Fort.

Sidhnak Mahar Inamdar

Indian dalit soldier (18th century)

Sidhnak Mahar Inamdar, also known as Sidhnak Mahar, was an Indian soldier of the Mahar Regiment. He belonged to the Mahar caste. He is popularly known for the Battle of Koregaon.

Sultan Balkhi

Ibrahim Shah Sultan Balkhi, also known by his sobriquet, Mahisawar, was a 14th-century Muslim saint. He is associated with the spread of Islam in Sandwip and Bogra.

Suraj Mal of Nurpur

Suraj Mal was a ruler of Nurpur, Himachal Pradesh in India. During a campaign to Kangra Fort, he rebelled against the Mughals, then he went into exile and died at Chamba. His brother, Raja Jagat Singh, succeeded him as ruler of Nurpur.

Tara Singh Wan

Sikh martyr

Tara Singh Wan was an eighteenth-century Sikh martyr. He was from the village of Wan, also known as Wan Tara Singh and Dall-Wan now in Tarn Taran district tehsil Bhikhiwind of the Eastern Punjab. After humbling the faujdar of Patti, he was killed while resisting a Mughal army dispatched by Zakaria Khan. Thus, Tara Singh was part of one of the first recorded Sikh military actions in the post-Banda Singh Bahadur period. He is remembered by Sikhs as one of their notable martyrs of the 18th century.

Thoma IV

Mar Thoma IV was the 4th Malankara Metropolitan of the Malankara Church in India, serving from 1688–1728. During his tenure, the church was subject to a number of persecutions.

Vishnupriya

Daughter of Indian Raj

Vishnupriya Devi a.k.a. Bishnupriya Debi Biṣṇupriẏā Dēbī, was the daughter of Sanatan Mishra, and the second wife of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. According to Gaudiya Vaishnavism, she is believed to be reincarnation of the goddess Satyabhama, the third queen consort of Krishna in Dvaraka.

Yesubai Bhonsale

Queen of Swarajya from 1680 to 1689)

Yesubai Bhonsale was the wife of Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj, and referred to as Maharani of the Maratha Kingdom. She was second officially coronated Queen of Swarajya. She was also mother of Chhatrapati Shahu I. Later on she became Rajmata in Chhatrapati Shahu I's reign. Chhatrapati Sambhaji had shared his power with Yesubai. When Chhatrapati Sambhaji was away from the maratha capital due to battles, all the political decisions were made by her.