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What is our political ideology? Like genuinly we don't have a united political front, our parties don't have a definitive ideology. What is your personal ideology?

Muhammad bin Tughlaq was the Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate from 1325 to 1351 CE and belonged to the Tughlaq dynasty. He was highly educated and known for ambitious ideas, but several of his policies proved extremely difficult to implement.

Around 1327 CE, Muhammad bin Tughlaq decided to move the capital from Delhi to Daulatabad (Devagiri) in the Deccan. One major reason was its strategic position. Daulatabad was considerably farther south and more centrally positioned within the Sultanate’s expanding territories, particularly after Delhi’s conquest of large parts of the Deccan. It could also help the Sultan maintain stronger control over these southern regions.

The problem was that Tughlaq did not merely establish Daulatabad as another administrative centre. He ordered large numbers of people from Delhi, including nobles, officials, scholars and ordinary inhabitants, to relocate there. The journey was extremely long(1300-1500kms) and the forced movement created substantial hardship and resentment.

After several years, Tughlaq eventually returned the capital to Delhi. Daulatabad nevertheless remained an important city and administrative centre. The episode became one of the most famous examples of Tughlaq’s reign: the underlying strategic idea had some merit, but the scale and manner of its implementation caused enormous problems.

This is why Muhammad bin Tughlaq is often portrayed as a ruler who had very ambitious ideas but struggled to translate them into workable policies. His capital experiment was not simply a random decision; it was an attempt to solve genuine strategic and administrative problems, but it was executed in an extremely disruptive way.

Alauddin Khalji was the second ruler of the Khalji dynasty and one of the most formidable sultans of the Delhi Sultanate. Ascending the throne in 1296, he transformed the Sultanate into a powerful military state through sweeping reforms, including maintaining a large standing army, strengthening frontier fortifications, improving intelligence networks, and introducing market regulations to ensure the army could be supplied efficiently. His reign was marked by successful campaigns across the Indian subcontinent and, above all, by his steadfast defense of Hindustan against repeated Mongol invasions.

The Mongols launched a series of invasions into the Delhi Sultanate during Alauddin Khalji's reign, hoping to add Hindustan to their vast empire after conquering much of Asia. One of the largest invasions came in 1299 under Qutlugh Khwaja, who advanced deep into northern India with a formidable force. Rather than surrender or retreat, Alauddin mobilized his army under the command of the renowned general Zafar Khan. At the Battle of Kili, the Delhi Sultanate stood its ground against one of the most feared military powers of the medieval world. Although Zafar Khan was killed after charging ahead of the main force, the Mongols suffered heavy losses and ultimately withdrew without achieving their objective.

The invasions did not stop there, but neither did Alauddin's determination. Over the following years, he strengthened Delhi's defenses, expanded his standing army, and fortified the northwestern frontier. Major Mongol offensives, including the Siege of Delhi in 1303 and the invasion of 1305, were eventually repelled. At the Battle of Amroha, the Sultanate decisively defeated the invading Mongol army, capturing thousands of prisoners and ending the era of repeated large-scale Mongol incursions into India. Alauddin Khalji's military reforms and successful defense of the Delhi Sultanate ensured that, unlike many other kingdoms across Eurasia, Hindustan remained beyond the reach of Mongol conquest.

When the British East India Company attempted to establish complete control over southern India, they faced one of the most determined and innovative rulers of the eighteenth century, Tipu Sultan of Mysore. Refusing to surrender his kingdom or its independence, Tipu invested heavily in modernizing his army through disciplined infantry, advanced artillery, and domestic weapons production. His state operated foundries that manufactured large numbers of bronze and iron cannons, mortars, and ammunition, allowing Mysore to sustain long military campaigns without relying heavily on foreign suppliers. The most remarkable feature of his military, however, was its use of iron cased rockets, which were far more powerful and accurate than the rockets commonly used elsewhere at the time. These rockets could travel great distances, burst into enemy formations with tremendous force, and create confusion among British infantry and cavalry alike. During the Battle of Pollilur in 1780, Tipu Sultan and his father Hyder Ali used artillery and rocket fire with devastating effect, inflicting one of the greatest defeats ever suffered by the East India Company in India. Throughout the Anglo Mysore Wars, Tipu continued to strengthen his artillery corps, improve his fortifications, and adopt new military techniques while maintaining diplomatic ties with France and the Ottoman Empire in search of technological and strategic cooperation. British officers came to respect the effectiveness of Mysore's artillery and recognized that they were fighting an army that matched European standards in organization and innovation. Although Tipu Sultan ultimately fell while defending Seringapatam in 1799, his military achievements had a lasting impact. The British collected many of his iron rockets after the war, studied their design, and used them as the foundation for the Congreve rocket, which later saw service in the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. Tipu Sultan's artillery and rocketry therefore stand as enduring symbols of Mysore's resistance against colonial expansion and represent one of the most significant military innovations to emerge from eighteenth century India.

Do not include The Conquest of Sindh, please try including conquests that originated within the Indian Subcontinent

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List top 3 Indian Muslim Empires and Top 5 Indian Muslim Emperors and state why?

List top 3 Indian Muslim Empires and top 5 Indian muslim emperors and why you like them. How many of us actually know our history?

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