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Dara Shukoh

1615 - 1659

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Dara Shikoh (20 March 1615 – 30 August 1659), also transliterated as Dara Shukoh, was the eldest son and heir-apparent of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. Dara was designated with the title Padshahzada-i-Buzurg Martaba (lit. 'Prince of High Rank') and was favoured as a successor by his father and his elder sister, Princess Jahanara Begum. He had been given the title of 'Shah-e-Buland Iqbal' by Shah Jahan. In the war of succession which ensued after Shah Jahan's illness in 1657, Dara was defeated by his younger brother Prince Muhiuddin (later, the Emperor Aurangzeb). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dara Shukoh is the 1,784th most popular politician (up from 10,399th in 2019), the 80th most popular biography from India (up from 372nd in 2019) and the 30th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Dara Shukoh ranks 1,784 out of 19,576. Before him are Cemal Gürsel, Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine, Diadumenian, John Buchan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, and Berenice IV of Egypt. After him are Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick, Tvrtko I of Bosnia, Heinz Fischer, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, Berengar I of Italy, and Valentinian II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1615, Dara Shukoh ranks 3. Before him are Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire, and Pope Innocent XII. After him are Nicolas Fouquet, Salvator Rosa, Philip William, Elector Palatine, Govert Flinck, Marguerite of Lorraine, Nicodemus Tessin the Elder, Madeleine Béjart, Maria Caterina Farnese, and Heinrich Bach. Among people deceased in 1659, Dara Shukoh ranks 2. Before him is Abel Tasman. After him are Hyojong of Joseon, Duchess Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia, Kaya Sultan, Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt, Simon Dach, Frederick V, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Michał Boym, Willem Drost, and Jan Baptist Weenix.

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In India

Among people born in India, Dara Shukoh ranks 80 out of 1,861. Before him are Ibrahim Lodi (1450), Syed Ahmad Khan (1817), Gerald Durrell (1925), Tulsidas (1532), Savitribai Phule (1831), and Zubin Mehta (1936). After him are Vishwanath Pratap Singh (1931), Shivaji (1627), Jahanara Begum (1614), Muhammad bin Tughluq (1290), Sita (null), and Julie Christie (1940).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Dara Shukoh ranks 30. Before him are P. V. Narasimha Rao (1921), Iskander Mirza (1899), Mir Osman Ali Khan (1886), Aurangzeb (1618), Akbar II (1760), and Ibrahim Lodi (1450). After him are Vishwanath Pratap Singh (1931), Shivaji (1627), Jahanara Begum (1614), Muhammad bin Tughluq (1290), B. D. Jatti (1912), and Mohammed Nadir Shah (1883).

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