(Relevance: The Mughal Empire forms an important portion of the UPSC syllabus. Questions have been asked about important battles and the contribution of rulers. In 2003, a question was asked on the ...

A Bollywood film that portrays the capture and execution of an Indian warrior king by a 17th century Mughal ruler has fuelled street protests and demands from right-wing groups to demolish the ...

Evidently, the site’s sanctified aura could calm the most grim and relentless of warlords: as the Mughal empire began to implode, Aurangzeb’s will requested that “this sinner drenched in sins” should ...

Who knew Aurangzeb has the power to impact the Indian politics after centuries. Is everything what we hear about the Mughal Emperor is true? Pramode Mallik Updated : Mar 26, 2025, 03:40 PM IST ...

The Mughal Empire, spanning from the early 16th to the 18th century, left a lasting legacy through its blend of Persian, Indian, and Islamic influences. Key emperors like Akbar, Shah Jahan ...

Aurangzeb ruled over the Indian subcontinent, including Delhi, from 1658 until his death in 1707 and sought to expand the Mughal empire. Hindu leaders and groups have taken aim at Aurangzeb before.

Mughal ruler Aurangzeb has been dominating the political discourse in Maharashtra since the release of the Bollywood movie Chhaava, based on the life of Maratha king Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj and ...

Aurangzeb’s nearly 50-year reign from 1658 to 1707 marked the Mughal empire’s greatest territorial extent, with significant military campaigns in South India. He successfully conquered the Deccan ...

The city was earlier called Aurangabad, after the Mughal ruler. Aurangzeb is a loathed figure among India’s Hindu nationalists, who accuse him of persecuting Hindus during his rule in the 17th ...

But the tomb of Aurangzeb, who died over 300 years ago in 1707, is not in Nagpur. Neither is it in Delhi, one of the capitals of the Mughal empire. His tomb is located in Khuldabad, a lesser-known ...

What is interesting is that Aurangzeb's tomb is neither in Delhi, the capital of the Mughal empire, nor Nagpur, the ground zero of the recent pitched battles, but Khuldabad, a little-known place in ...