Holi festival is being celebrated in India for centuries. Don’t know how many people ruled this country, but no one could change this festival of Holi, rather all the invaders became followers of this fun-filled festival. Everyone from the Mughals to the British adopted this festival and the days of Holi were colored in its colour. Today in this article we will tell you how the Mughals used to celebrate Holi.
Mughals used to call it Eid-e-Gulabi and Aab-e-Pashi.
When the Mughals came to India, they saw that people here celebrate a festival as if they have forgotten all their sorrows on that day. Only colors and happiness were visible everywhere. This was the reason that the Mughal rulers also started participating in this festival of Holi. Many historians have also mentioned this in their documents. It is said that when Babur came to India, he saw that people in India were celebrating a festival named Holi with great enthusiasm.
He saw that people were throwing each other into a pot full of colors and having a lot of fun. 19th century historian Munshi Jakaulla has also mentioned this in his book Tarikh-e-Hindustan. Mentioning one of his anecdotes with Babar and Holi, he wrote in his book that when Babar saw that the people of India were lifting and throwing people in pots full of colours… Babar liked this method very much. He liked it so much that he got liquor filled in the pots of colours. Let us tell you that Holi was given the name of Eid-e-Gulabi and Aab-e-Pashi during the time of Shah Jahan.
Akbar was also fond of Holi
Akbar was such a ruler of the Mughals who tried to know India from inside. He also started participating in their festivals to adopt the people of India. Abul Fazal, one of Akbar’s Nauratnas, has mentioned many things related to Holi in his book Ain-e-Akbari. In this, he has written that Akbar was very fond of Holi. It is mentioned in this book that Akbar used to collect such things throughout the year so that he could throw the colors far away.
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