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Raja Todar Mal (1523-24 [1] – 8 November 1589) was an Indian minister, economist, [2] and military commander who served as the Finance Minister (Diwan-i-Ashraff) of the Mughal empire during the reign of Akbar I.
Diwan Todar Mall Hall in Gurudwara Fatehgarh Sahib. Diwan Todar Mal was an Oswal Śvetāmbara Jain and 'Dewan' in the court of Mughal Nawab of Sirhind, Wazir Khan. [6] [7] [8]In Sikh history, he is remembered for buying a small piece of land at a very huge price saying the world's costliest land ever bought for the cremation of the dead bodies of Mata Gujri, the mother and Sahibzada Zorawar ...
Todar Mal was Chopra. Diwan Mulraj and Diwan Sawan Mal were from Chopra Khatri families and served as army generals under Maharaja Ranjit Singh of Sikh Empire.Sawan Mal Chopra was renowned for capturing Multan from the rule of Afghans while Mulraj was known to have rebelled against the British which led to the 2nd Anglo-Sikh war.
Dhruvadasa (d. 1643), a Kayastha from Deoband (Uttar Pradesh), whose family served as government servants, is considered one of the Radhavallabh sect's foremost poets. [55] Another Kayastha Ghanananda (d. 1739), who served as the Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah's Mir Munshi ( transl. "Chief Scribe" ), renounced his worldly life and remained in ...
A wealthy man named Todar Mal, who was a banker, took the responsibility of giving the children and Mata Gujri a proper cremation. He bought a piece of land for their funeral by laying gold coins on the ground as payment. The place where their bodies were discarded is now known as Gurdwara Fatehgarh Sahib.
The provincial bakhshi often simultaneously served the function of the province's waqia-navis (news writer), and reported on all provincial mansabdars, including its senior officials (such as the subahdar or diwan).The role of provincial bakhshi could face tension from the subahdar or diwan, since the bakhshi's activities kept these officials ...
Maharaja Kishen Pershad, GCIE (1864–1940) came from a Peshkari Hyderabadi Noble family and served as the Prime Minister of Hyderabad State twice [13] [14] [15] Raja Sukh Jiwan Mal, The ruler of Kashmir (1754-1762) [16] Raja Todar Mal Tandon, finance minister of Akbar. He rebuilt the Kashi Vishwanath Temple in 1585. [17] [18]
Members of the imperial family were often appointed to the position. Viceroy Prince Shah Shuja was the son of Emperor Shah Jahan. During the struggle for succession with his brothers Prince Aurangazeb, Prince Dara Shikoh and Prince Murad Baksh, Prince Shuja proclaimed himself as the Mughal Emperor in Bengal. He was eventually defeated by the ...