The Thesis entitled Malwa Under The Mughal s( 1562-1707) , is an attempt to study the history o f the Mughal Subah of Malwa in its manifold aspects covering political , administrative, social, economic and cultural fields. Malwa was an important province o f the Mughal Empire and had been annexed very early by Akbar in his career of conquest and provided the sinews o f war and expansion in the adjoining and distant regions. Akbar’s ambition of the conquest o f Gujarat and the Deccan and the suppression o f the Portuguese could not have been realized if this central region of India was not firmly secured in the Mughal hands. Both from military and economic points o f view Malwa was the first step towards the Mughal goal o f unification of most of India under one banner and one administrative structure. Therefore Malwa was conquered and annexed by Akbar in 1562.