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7/24/2019 The Stroke of Genius
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Imagine how messages would havebeen
sent in days when facilities like e-mail or
SMS or telephone were not available. Men
ran from one place to another carrying themessages. Letter were tied to the pigeons
legs
and were trained to reach the destination
anddeliver the letters. Lets imagine a
situation
like that when Akbar had to announce to
hisempire about his birth of a son. e was
confused as to how to solve the problem.
T
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e approached !irbal and asked for
solution. "hat do you think would have
been the solution given by !irbal to him# $mperor Akbar wanted a son to ascend
the throne after him. e was so worried as
to
"ho would rule the empire after him. emarried many princesses to beget a male
issue%!ut alas% All his hopes ended in vain
At last he married &odha' a (a)put
princess. is dream of begetting a malechild
"as about to be ful*lled% &odha Akbar was
pregnant and the happiness of the
emperor+new no bounds% ,he palace was
decorated and there was celebration
everywhere. e distributed clothes and
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gold coins generously to people to
celebrate the arrival of the heir-apparent.
!ut unfortunately he had to visit a palace'/ miles away from the palace for
administrative reasons% is wife was abou
to deliver a baby that day%
"hat would we do# ow could he getthe long awaited news of the birth of the
child# Akbar approached !irbal who was
the minister of the Mughal court for his
counsel
After some thought' !irbal asked the
Shaenshah to post one hundred and *fty
soldiers from the palace till the palace
where
Akbar had to stay. $ach soldiers where
given a drum and was asked to stand at a
distance of one kilometer. ,he soldier were
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instructed to beat once if it were a male
child
And twice to indicate that it was a femalechild% All were eagerly waiting for a drum
beat% ,he air was thick with an0iety and
e0pectation
,he idea of the drum beat was aS,(1+$ 12 3$4I5S. So on the appointed
day' / soldiers were posted with a drum
at a distance of each mile. ,he emperor
grew more an0ious to hear the drum beat%
At last he heard a single drum beat% ,he
moment the *rst soldier beat the drum the
entire place was resounding with the
noise. ,hese reached the ne0t post' the
ne0t post........and *nally were Akbar waswaiting% ,he emperor was overwhelmed
with )oy% e rushed back to the palace to
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see the new born babe and his favorite
6ueen% ,he wisdom of !irbal worked