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Mughal India: 1526–1857
India · 1526–1857 · exact time + place
Step into the opulent world of the Mughal Empire, which ruled the Indian subcontinent for centuries — a golden age of art, architecture, and culture that produced the Taj Mahal and blended Persian and Indian traditions. The button below opens StoryTerra with both India and 1526–1857 already set.
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Bajirao Mastani
Peshwa Bajirao married to Kashibai falls in love with Mastani a warrior princess in distress. They struggle to make their love triumph amid opposition from his conservative family.
स्वामी
The Maratha empire established in Maharashtra by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (d. 1680) against all odds later passed into the hands of the Peshwas (prime minister) who became the supreme lords. The Maratha Empire which…
The Chess Players
It is the year 1856. Nawab Wajid Ali Shah is the king of Awadh one of the last independent kingdoms of India. The British colonialists intent on controlling this rich land have sent general Outram on a secret mission to…
Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi
Story of Rani Lakshmibai one of the leading figures of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and her resistance to the British Rule.
Laal Kaptaan
In an 18th century setting a Naga sadhu in India sets out on a journey across Bundelkhand to seek revenge for an injustice committed in the past.
Mughal-e-Azam
A 16th century prince falls in love with a court dancer and battles with his emperor father.
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
The true story of Lakshmibai the historic Queen of Jhansi who fiercely led her army against the British East India Company in the infamous mutiny of 1857.
Thugs of Hindostan
After the British company’s officer Clive takes over the kingdom of Mirza Princess Zafira and Khudabaksh aka Azaad form a band of rebel pirates who swear to defeat the English officer and win their freedom back. The…
Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy
Gwalior Fort during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. In a moment of despair Lakshmibai Rani of Jhansi encourages her men by telling them the heroic story of Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy a brave Telugu chieftain who took up…
Mangal Pandey - The Rising
The film begins in 1857 when India was ruled by the British East India Company. Mangal Pandey is a sepoy a soldier of Indian origin in the army of the East India Company. Pandey is fighting in the Anglo-Afghan Wars and…
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