“Birbal Shortens the Journey” King Akbar was a mighty emperor of India. He often used to go visit his other cities and towns and see if the people were doing fine but at times, the king’s journey used to be so boring and so tiring that he used to get irritated. It was one such journey that king Akbar was traveling to Azabgarh, a place far away from the capital where he lived. So, the journey became very tiresome because of the scorching heat. After a point, the king asked his men to stop the journey, got off the palanquin, and sat under a huge banyan tree. What happened next, listen to the full story..