Alamgir-Aurangzeb

Abul Muzaffar Mohiuddin Mohammed Aurangzeb Bahadur Alamgir Padshah-i-Ghazi.

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“Hindustan is a land of many cultures and religions. Hence I advise my successors that they not enforce a single religion or ideology on the people of this land”

(Emperor Zahiruddin Babar)

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DISCOVER THE AURANGZEB

THE VORACIOUS UNBALANCED VIEWS PROPAGATED BY BOTH THE OPPONENTS AND PROPONENTS OF AURANGZEB DEMAND A THOROUGH REVIEW AND INSIGHT INTO THE POLICIES ADOPTED DURING THE 48 YEAR RULE OF AURANGZEB. THROUGH THIS PORTAL WE ATTEMPT TO ACCOMPLISH A BALANCING ACT OF HISTORICAL FACTS REGARDING ONE OF THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL FIGURES IN INDIAN HISTORY BY UNVEILING HISTORICAL FACTS THAT HAVE SOMEHOW REMAINED OBSCURED FOR A LONG TIME. OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO LET PEOPLE JUDGE HISTORY FOR THEMSELVES RATHER THAN RELY ON HEAVILY BIASED OPINIONS.

A very common list of controversies associated with the rule of Aurangzeb is given below:

The countless destruction and desecration of Hindu Temples

The forcible conversion of non-Muslims to Islam

The policy of removing Hindu officers from the government

The re-imposition of Jazya (Military Tax imposed on the people of other religions)

The killing of his brothers and the imprisonment of his father

The mistreatment of Shivaji at his court

Attacked Shia Muslim kingdoms in the South

Responsible for the decline and the ultimate fall of the Mughal Empire

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	HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS
	One of the biggest deficiencies we find in gathering documentation during the reign of Aurangzeb is the absence of any official chronicles covering his complete reign of 40 years.

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	ROYAL FAMILY
	The Mughal Royal Family, direct descendents of Taimur and Chengis Khan witnessed the most turbulent and testing times surrounding the issue of accession.These were one of the most delicate and rare instances when all members of the family openly expressed their opinions and choose sides.

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	STATE POLICIES
	Destruction of Hindu temples, execution of Guru Tegh Bahadur, forcible conversion of Hindus, removing Hindu officers from government jobs and the imposition of Jizya are the most controversial policies of Aurangzeb’s rule.

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	REBELLIONS
	Almost half of Aurangzeb’s reign of 25 years was spent in the rugged plateaus and mountains of the Deccan battling the Shia Kingdoms of the Deccan and the Marathas. Aurangzeb’s wars with the Qutub Shahi kingdom of Golconda and the treatment of Shivaji has come under great criticism.

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	LEGACY
	May critics of Aurangzeb have laid the blame of the ultimate demise of the mightly Mughal Empire at his doorstep. I will attempt to explore some facets of his legacy very much obscured from publicity and let you determine to what extent Aurangzeb was truly responsible for the demise of the Mughal Empire.

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I would attempt here to discuss each and every one of these controversies and highlight many interesting facts so long hidden from the public view.