AGARTALA, Jan 23 (TIWN): Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb on Netaji Jayanti claimed that Mughals ruled in India for 600 years.

The Chief Minister was basically bashing the Mughals while addressing at Lotus club, Agartala saying, Mughals were never India’s unifier or glory.

In reality, The foundation of the empire was laid in 1526 by Ẓahīr al-Dīn Muḥammad Babur and ended in 1857. Thus hardly 331 was the regime of Mughals and though it middle there were gaps.

Chief Minister Biplab Deb also insulted Mughals in his speech on Netaji Jayanti although it was Netaji Subash Chandra Bose who visited the tomb of Bahadur Shah Zafar in Rangoon in his "Delhi Chalo" pledge.
It was Netaji's wish that Mughal last king's grave soil should be taken to Red Fort after independence.

Bahadur Shah Zafar was defeated by the British on 11th September 1857. He was later exiled to Rangoon in Myanmar after the war. This brought an end to the Mughal Rule in India which prevailed for 331 long years.