On this day, 14 February 1483, Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire, was born in Andijan (present-day Uzbekistan). Babur became the king in Ferghana in the month of Ramadan, 899 Hijri (1494 CE) at the age of 12. He later founded the Mughal/Timurid Empire in India in 1526 after defeating Ibrahim Lodi in the First Battle of Panipat. Although the Mughal Empire was founded by Babur, it was consolidated two generations later by his grandson Akbar and lasted until the mid-18th century when its poss