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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.Opinion
A new form of book ban has been introduced

The RSS set up the Vishwa Hindu Parishad in 1964 to capture the Babri Masjid.

28 Oct 2018 6:27 AM IST

Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar. (Photo: AP)India
By 'hook or crook', BJP wants to remain in power in Goa: Ex-state RSS...

'The Centre should have got a substitute chief minister as long as Parrikar is not getting well,' ex- Goa RSS Chief...

25 Oct 2018 9:48 AM IST

The revivalist RSS has backed the clergy although the Supreme Court has permitted all women to enter the shrine as equal citizens. (Representational image)Opinion
Secular courts should not tinker with matters of faith

What he prescribed, instead, for the dalits was what he might have reasoned with women of childbearing age in Kerala to...

24 Oct 2018 2:22 AM IST

Mohan Bhagwat, RSS chiefIndia
Man charged for sharing morphed photo of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on...

RSS' local spokesman Sagar Chouksey claimed that the accused is a worker of NSUI, the student wing of the Congress.

23 Oct 2018 9:50 AM IST

The RSS wants to have Manusmriti as the constitution of the country. (Photo: PTI)India
Shadow of Ayodhya over Sabarimala temple controversy?

Dr Ambedkar was humiliated and insulted during his lifetime by the RSS for proposing to bring radical changes in the...

23 Oct 2018 12:56 AM IST

Abhishek Singhvi recalled court judgements that termed defections a constitutional sin and unprincipled defections a social evil. (Photo: PTI/File)India
BJP desperate to rewrite history, appropriate Netaji's legacy:...

Singhvi said it was high time more Indians got to know about the historic role these stalwarts had played.

21 Oct 2018 6:40 PM IST

Kailash Satyarthi, speaking as chief guest at RSSs annual Vijayadashmi celebrations in Nagpur, said India may be a land of hundred problems, but it is also mother of over billion solutions. (Photo: Twitter | @RSSorg)India
RSS shakhas can act as firewall to protect children': Kailash...

Satyarthi was concerned over incidents where those responsible for child protection were found guilty of raping killing...

19 Oct 2018 1:59 PM IST

RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat said, Nowhere in the world, healthy and peaceful social life has ever thrived and can thrive merely based on laws and fear of punishment.\(Photo: Twitter | ANI)India
Sabarimala verdict led to unrest, turmoil, divisiveness in society:...

'Version of heads of religious denominations and faith of crores of devotees was not taken into account,' Mohan Bhagwat...

18 Oct 2018 1:47 PM IST

This matter of national interest is being obstructed by some fundamentalist elements and forces that play communal politics for selfish gains. Politics is delaying the construction of Ram Mandir, RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat said. (Photo: Twiter | ANI)India
Politics delaying Ram temple construction: RSS chief demands for...

Mohan Bhagwat said that construction of Ram temple will pave way for atmosphere of goodwill and oneness in the country.

18 Oct 2018 12:58 PM IST

The big brother of the Sangh Parivar in its mouthpiece Organiser said that common women, who face uncomfortable situations at the hands of common men, do not fall in the category of #MeToo campaign. (Representational image)India
RSS brands #MeToo elitist, steers clear of MJ Akbar charges

Questions silence of liberal class' on harassment of Kerala nuns.

17 Oct 2018 1:41 AM IST

They (RSS-BJP) do not have heroes of their own....So they are making the Statue of Unity of Sardar Patel and that too, has been made in China, Congress leader Anand Sharma said. (Photo: ANI)India
Cong wants Vallabhbhai Patel's ban order on RSS at Statue of Unity...

Anand Sharma noted that the move would tell people what the first home minister of the country thought of 'them' (RSS).

16 Oct 2018 11:02 AM IST

Mallikarjun KhargeIndia
Not even a dog: Cong's Mallikarjun Kharge remark on RSS, BJP year...

In February, 2017, PM Modi had slammed Kharge, Congress leader in the Lok Sabha, for a similar remark.

5 Oct 2018 5:59 PM IST

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