Akbar

Good morning everyone my name is Adwiti Hinger and

today I am going to tell you the reforms of Akbar that
we use today. What does reform mean, well reform
means to put or change in an improved form. Do you
know who was Akbar, Akbar was the great Mughal
king. He was known for his great army and kingdom.
His first reform was The Mansabdari system.
Mansabdari system was a system that ranked or defined
the position of the solider which were known as the
Mansabdar. They had a fix salary according to their
ranks. They were appointed by the Mughal ruler. Well
today also we use the same system. We have different
rank for solider and they have different salary for
different rank. Akbar divided his empire into fifteen
provinces. In today’s India we have 28 states which is
similar to Akbar’s time. In Akbar’s time, each province
was under the charge of Subedar which means governor
and they were accompanied by diwans who collected or
supervised the land revenue. Even today we have
governor for each state and different people who are
appointed for different work. Akbar's religious policy
was not to discriminating between various religions and
it was focusing more on religious tolerance and peace
ideas. Akbar decided to form a new religion made from
ideas by different kings, this idea was derived from
various religions called Sulh-i-Kul which means
universal peace. This idea gave inlightment to many
people and now universal peace means a lots to us.
Akbar had nine jewels which were called as navaratnas
in his court. They were appointed to take care of
different things. Even today we have one Prime
ministers which are accompanied by many ministers
who have different responsibilities. Akbar respected
Rajput’s for their bravery and courage though he
defeated them, he never ashamed them instead he used
to appoint them at a high post in his kingdom. We are
following the same policy, in India we have different
religions and caste but still we live as family and are
known as Indians all together. Akbar has influenced
India a lot he thought us about universal peace, giving
equal rights to all the people and different ways of
administration and many more. He was a very
courageous and kind king. Almost all of his policies and
administration are relevant in today’s world.
- Adwiti Hinger
VII A
Crossroads International School
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