HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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125 million
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80 million
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120 million
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100 million
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Detailed explanation-1: -W H Moreland in 1920 estimated the population of India to be about 100, 000, 000 in 1600. Kingsley Davis, in 1951 calculated the population of India to be about 125 million in 1600.
Detailed explanation-2: -At its height, around 1690, the Mughal Empire ruled almost the entire subcontinent of India, controlling four million square kilometers of land and a population of about 160 million.
Detailed explanation-3: -The current population of India is 1, 416, 681, 447 as of Sunday, March 19, 2023, based on Worldometer elaboration of the latest United Nations data.
Detailed explanation-4: -Aurangzeb ruled for forty-nine years over a population of 150 million people. He expanded the Mughal Empire to its greatest extent, subsuming most of the Indian subcontinent under a single imperial power for the first time in human history.