https://www.pitara.com/tags/mughal-emperor/Recent content in Mughal Emperor on Pitara Kids NetworkHugoen-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 21:46:31 +0530https://www.pitara.com/non-fiction-for-kids/features-for-kids/the-emperor-who-hated-schooling/Fri, 11 May 2001 03:59:47 +0000https://www.pitara.com/non-fiction-for-kids/features-for-kids/the-emperor-who-hated-schooling/<p>Emperors too were children once. Even Mughal emperor Akbar, who has been given the title of Akbar the Great. He was more interested in bunking lessons rather than learn from his tutor. Being his own master from a young age, one day he decided that he did not want to study. He made the highest minister in his father Humayun&rsquo;s court tell his teacher that it was to be an off day!</p> <p>Later in life, he went out of his way to tell people that he was illiterate. But that was not entirely true, though it is correct that he never penned a line himself. At the same time, he loved books and also enjoyed them being read to him.</p>