Who founded the Mughal Empire in India?
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Who founded the Mughal Empire in India?
✓ Correct answer: a) Babur
ExplanationThe Mughal Empire is conventionally said to have been founded in 1526 by Babur.He was a chieftain from what is today Uzbekistan, who employed aid from the neighbouring Safavid and Ottoman Empires, to defeat the Sultan of Delhi, Ibrahim Lodi, in the First Battle of Panipat, and to sweep down the plains of North India.He descended from the Turco-Mongol conqueror Timur on his father's side, and from Genghis Khan on his mother's side.He established himself in Kabul and then pushed steadily southward into India from Afghanistan through the Khyber Pass.Babur's forces defeated Ibrahim Lodi in the First Battle of Panipat in 1526. Hence, the correct answer is Option A i.e Babur.
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