The most tragic of love stories took place in India in 1615.Prince Nuruddin Salim, son of Mughal Emperor Akbar, fell in love with the lovely slave girl Anarkali. Anarkali was known for her dancing skills and her remarkable beauty.
Akbar was shamed by his son’s love for a common servant and did everything he could to make Anarkali look bad in the eyes of her prince. A slave girl, he said, could never become the empress of India.
When Prince Salim heard about this, he declared war on his father.
But Akbar defeated his son and demanded that Saleem either surrender Anarkali or be killed.
Prince Salim chose death. But Anarkali intervened and offered her own life in exchange for one last night with Prince Salim. Akbar agreed to this arrangement, and the couple spent one last romantic night together.
In the morning the guards came and took Anarkali away. She was buried alive between brick walls. Her tomb still stands today.
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