Activists from the far-right Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) had been campaigning in the central city of Nagpur to demand the dismantling of the tomb housing Aurangzeb, a Mughal dynasty ruler who died ...

MUMBAI – Authorities imposed an indefinite curfew in parts of Nagpur after clashes erupted over demands to remove the tomb of 17th-century Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, injuring more than a dozen ...

The Archaeological Survey of India is actively collaborating with local authorities to protect the ASI-protected monument of ...

Nagpur: The recent violence in Nagpur, triggered by demands for the demolition of Aurangzeb’s tomb in Maharashtra's Khuldabad, has intensified debates over the monument’s existence.

Recently, Maharashtra has been buzzing with controversy surrounding the tomb of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, located in Khuldabad, in the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district. This issue gained ...

Haridwar (Uttarakhand) [India], March 20 (ANI): Addressing the recent violence in Nagpur, Maharashtra, Yoga Guru Swami Ramdev on Thursday condemned the glorification of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb ...

For the poor folks like me, the sky is enough” reads a couplet in the epitaph on Aurangzeb's tombstone in Maharashtra's Kuldabad. Calls for the demolition of the seventeenth-century Mughal ruler ...

“From 1681, he personally led his armies south, determined to subdue a region that had long defied imperial control. Mughal kings had hungered after the Deccan before Aurangzeb, [but it was he ...

The Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) today signalled disapproval of demands to remove Aurangzeb’s tomb, which triggered the Monday violence in Nagpur, and said the sixth Mughal emperor was ...

IMAGE: Police personnel deployed in Nagpur's Mahal area following clashes over Aurangzeb's tomb in Nagpur. Photograph: ANI Photo The remarks were made by RSS chief spokesperson Sunil Ambekar ...

Armed with anecdotes, historical evidence, maps and slides, the author-historian outlined ... India has been the richest region of the world”. Debunking the idea of the Silk Road as some sort of ...

The violence, which occurred this week in the city of Nagpur, centered around the tomb of Aurangzeb, a Muslim emperor of India whom Hindu nationalists have vilified as a tyrant who brutalized Hindus.