QIn which year Akbar died?
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On 3 October 1605, Akbar fell ill with an attack of dysentery, from which he never recovered. He is believed to have died on or about 27 October 1605, after which his body was buried at a mausoleum in Sikandra, Agra.
Seventy-six years later, in 1681, a group of austere Hindu rebels known as the Jats, rebelling against the Mughal Empire, robbed the gold, silver and fine carpets within the tomb, desecrating Akbar's mausoleum.
Raja Ram Jat, in order to avenge his father Gokula's death, plundered and looted Akbar's tomb and dragged out Akbar's bones and burned them. He was later sentenced to death by Aurangzeb.
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