Is the Jodha-Akbar love story fictional, as the Rajasthan governor claims?

Rajasthan Governor Haribhau Bagade has raised doubts about the marriage of Rajput princess Jodha Bai to Mughal Emperor Akbar. He claimed that history was distorted by the British. Historians’ accounts about this episode from the Mughal history differ. But is the romanticised marriage of Jodha-Akbar a lie?

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