Lessons In Governance From Aurangzeb
Aurangzeb Alamgir, the sixth Mughal emperor of India, remains one of the most enigmatic figures in Indian history ...
Aurangzeb’s Grave is a Blot on Secularism
The only universal emotion common to man and beast is fear of death. Except for rare individuals like Oscar Wilde who always ...
The Print on MSN6d
Stalin’s struggle against ‘BJP’s drive to crush Tamil identity’ & Elon Musk’s tightrope walk in India
The Economist also reports on Nagpur riots, highlighting PM Modi’s silence, and again throws its weight behind Nitin Gadkari ...
The Indian Express4d
Aurangzeb died in 1707… why remove his tomb now? But Muslims should keep distance: Union minister Ramdas Athawale
Excerpts from an interview: * What is your opinion on the demand to remove the tomb of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb? Aurangazeb died in 1707. The issue of removing his tomb did not come up in the last 300 ...
Hyperallergic3d
The Mughal Empire’s Paradise on Earth
An exhibition showcases the sophisticated cultural language developed in the Indian subcontinent from around 1560 to 1660 across the reign of three emperors.
India.com4d
Know the story of bejewelled crown of the last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar, it is now in…
The crown, along with two ornate throne chairs, was acquired by Major Robert Tytler following the Indian Mutiny of 1857 and the subsequent fall of the Mughal Empire. This key moment in Indian ...
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The emperor’s new clothes: How the Mughals fashioned a distinct identity
In public domain, via Wikimedia Commons When Babur, the great conqueror and founder of the Mughal Empire, first entered India with his armies in the 16th century, he was not impressed by how ...
The Economist6d
Riots over a dead Muslim ruler put Narendra Modi in a tight spot
A potential successor to Mr Modi has also come out against the violence. Nitin Gadkari, the BJP minister for roads, appealed ...
India.com6d
Meet Indian man who claims to be descendant of Mughal emperor Akbar, claims to own Taj Mahal, today lives in…, his name is…
His name is Prince Yakub Habeebuddin Tucy. Prince Yakub Habeebuddin Tucy claims to be the descendant of Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar. He claims to be the sixth generation. This establishes ...
The Tribune1d
Uttarakhand renames 17 places with Mughal reference
The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist ...