A History of Agriculture in India v2.c67.s5.2

v2.c67.s5.2

He was conscious of his own importance and kept a record of his daily activities in the form of brief notes. He made use of these notes when, soon after the capture of Chanderi on 29 January 1528, he decided to dictate his memoirs. He chose one of the many gardens around Agra that he had been creating ever since he had proclaimed himself the Padshah of Hindustan and dictated his memoirs, almost continuously till his death on 26 December 1530. In less than three years, he succeeded in giving final form to his autobiography.