New York: The 16th century Mughal Emperor Jalaluddin Mohammad Akbar, a figure who played a major role in unifying the largely scattered fiefdoms in northern India has been listed among the ‘Top 25 Political Icons’ of all time by TIME magazine.Released on the 100th birth anniversary of the late US President Ronald Reagan, the TIME list figures names like the great conqueror Alexander the Great and some of history’s most polarising figures like Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini,
The ethos of pluralism and tolerance pioneered by the Muslim ruler in a Hindu-majority India underline the values of the modern republic of India, the magazine said.
The third Mughal ruler of India presided over a flourishing of the arts, sponsoring artisans, poets, engineers and philosophers at a time when Europe was still in its pre-Renaissance stage.
“If ever a leader merited a tautology, it was the Mughal Emperor Akbar the Great. Under Akbar, a fragile collection of fiefs around Delhi grew into the great Mughal Empire, a diverse and sprawling kingdom across northern India,” the magazine said.
The magazine described Hitler as possibly the most reviled man in the history of human existence, a universal symbol for evil.
The other figures mentioned in the list are Alexander the Great, Mao Zedong, Winston Churchill, Genghis Khan, Nelson Mandela, and Abraham Lincoln and Indian politician Mahatam Gandhi.
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