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Indian Army soldier Aurangzeb belonged to 4 Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry and was posted at the 44 Rashtriya Rifles camp at Shadimarg in Shopian. (Photo: YouTube | Screengrab)

Shaurya Chakra awardee Aurangzeb's killer among 4 militants slain in...

One of the slain militants was involved in the murder of Army jawan Aurangzeb in June last year.

18 May 2019 5:43 PM IST

Security forces on Sunday gunned down five terrorists and seized a big cache of arms and ammunition from them following an encounter in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir.(Representative Image)

Terrorist who killed army jawan Aurangzeb eliminated with 2 Hizbul...

Aurangzeb was abducted and killed by militants in Pulwama in June last year during Eid.

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Aurangzeb: 400 yrs on, relook at a cruel bigot F S Aijazuddin Updated : Mar 8, 2018, 10:42 pm IST Aurangzeb was one of 14 children Shah Jahan sired from his beloved Mumtaz Mahal. The latest installation in the dark pantheon of Hindutvas anti-heroes is the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. Had he lived, he would have been exactly 400 years old this year. Dead, he has become the target of barbs poisoned with prejudice. Generations since Aurangzebs death in 1707 have been force-fed the stale gruel that Aurangzeb, the monarch was a narrow-minded, Hindu-hating bigot who wasted his Mughal inheritance in a foolhardy obsession with conquering the Deccan. Some go so far as to assert that he single-handedly rang the death knell of the Mughal Empire. A few even argue that had Dara Shukoh (Aurangzebs eldest brother and rival) not lost the battle for their fathers throne, a post-1947 India would have been one contiguous, homogenous political realm, in which Muslim rulers and their multi-religious subjects would have lived in communal harmony. Four hundred years is too long a time to sustain such wisps of conjecture. The fact is that Dara Shukoh lost and Aurangzeb won. History can be an impatient judge, often passing a hasty verdict disproportionate to the crime. That is why any biography of Aurangzeb, especially one as unbiased as Audrey Truschkes Aurangzeb: the Man and The Myth (2017) is a necessary, albeit overdue, corrective. Aurangzeb was one of 14 children Shah Jahan sired from his beloved Mumtaz Mahal. He and his eldest brother Dara Shukoh could not have been more dissimilar. Dara inherited the aesthetic sense of his forebears, Aurangzeb their martial prowess. Dara Shukoh was a man of letters, a Sufi, an ornamented prince with dreams; Aurangzeb a man of action, a soldier, a ruthless tactician. Had Aurangzeb possessed the literary flair of his ancestors, he might have left a fuller chronicle of his own reign, as detailed as the Baburnama, the Humayun-nama, the Akbarnama, the Tuzk-e-Jahangiri, or the equivalent of Shah Jahans Padshahnama. Instead, Aurangzebs personal reticence, like Cordelias, proved to be his undoing. The perfunctory Maasir-i-Alamgiri has been overtaken by less kindly legends. Aurangzebs 88-year-long life falls into four parts. Up to the age of 17, he was brought up in his fathers court and groomed in all the skills Mughal princes needed to govern.

Aurangzeb: 400 yrs on, relook at a cruel bigot'

Aurangzeb was one of 14 children Shah Jahan sired from his beloved Mumtaz Mahal.

9 March 2018 5:10 AM IST

Indian Army soldier Aurangzeb velonged to 4 Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry and was posted at the 44 Rashtriya Rifles camp at Shadimarg in Shopian. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Free my son, want to celebrate Eid: Army jawan's mother plea goes...

Indian Army jawan Aurangzeb was on his way home to celebrate Eid when he was abducted by terrorists on Thursday and was...

15 Jun 2018 2:52 PM IST

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman went to the remote hamlet of Salani border to express her condolences to the family of Aurangzeb. (Photo: Twitter/ANI)

Inspiration for nation: Nirmala Sitharaman after meeting Aurangzeb's...

Defence Minister Sitharaman said, 'Here is a family, here is a martyr, who stands out as an inspiration for the entire...

20 Jun 2018 2:07 PM IST

The Army Chief met the family of the deceased official at their residence in Jammu and Kashmirs Poonch. (Photo: ANI)

Army Chief Bipin Rawat visits soldier Aurangzeb's family in Poonch

Two days back, Aurangzeb's family had made an emotional appeal to the Centre and J&K government to eliminate militancy...

18 Jun 2018 5:55 PM IST

Indian Army soldier Aurangzeb belonged to 4 Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry and was posted at the 44 Rashtriya Rifles camp at Shadimarg in Shopian. (Photo: YouTube | Screengrab)

'Will join Army like Aurangzeb,' says brother of slain jawan killed by...

Aurangzeb's brother, Aasim, was looking forward to celebrating Eid with his brother over the weekend but instead had to...

18 Jun 2018 3:13 PM IST

Indian Army soldier Aurangzeb belonged to 4 Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry and was posted at the 44 Rashtriya Rifles camp at Shadimarg in Shopian. (Photo: YouTube | Screengrab)

Request govts to eliminate militancy in J-K, says Armyman Aurangzeb's...

A video shows soldier Aurangzeb being asked by suspected Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists about his role, duties, posting...

16 Jun 2018 1:26 PM IST