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Mughal Rule of India

News Reports

Reimposed ‘Jizya’ tax, forced Hindus to recite Quran verses: Revisiting Mughal tyrant Aurangzeb’s deep-seated hate for Hindus

अनुपम कुमार सिंह - 11 April, 2023

The Hindus, who had somehow accustomed themselves to living with the Mughals during their early rule, were in for a rude shock when the dominion passed to Aurangzeb, a fanatic of Islam.

Books

‘Aurangzeb – Whitewashing Tyrant, Distorting Narrative’: New book debunks distortions around the Mughal tyrant Aurangzeb

Suyash - 7 August, 2022

While books whitewashing Aurangzeb, the tyrant, including those authored by Truschke met divisive criticism, Saurabh Lohogaonkar took it upon himself to write a book which is answer to series of whitewashing of the tyrant ruler

News Reports

30000 men slaughtered in 6 hours: When Nadir Shah of Iran wreaked havoc in Delhi, and Mughals had to give away Afghanistan

अनुपम कुमार सिंह - 26 May, 2022

Nadir Shah's army decimated the Mughals force and carried out a fierce massacre in Delhi. Nadir Shah took away the Peacock Throne and the Kohinoor diamond.

Entertainment

Hotstar rejects grievance complaints against their series on Babur, claims they are not glorifying the Islamic invader: Read what they said

OpIndia Staff - 26 August, 2021

Hotstar claimed the web series 'The Empire' is based on an adaptation of a novel, Empire of the Moghul – Raiders from the North, written by one Alex Rutherford which fictionalised historical events.

Social Media

Poet Manoj Muntashir gets ‘cancelled’ by ‘secular-liberals’ for calling out Mughal barbarity and false glorification

OpIndia Staff - 26 August, 2021

Poet Manoj Muntashir got cancelled by Leftist 'historians' and Islamists for calling Mughals as 'glorified dacoits'.

News Reports

‘Mughals were the original nation builders’, says director Kabir Khan, says portraying them as murderers is wrong

OpIndia Staff - 25 August, 2021

“If you do some research and read history, it's very tough to understand why they have to be villainized," claimed Kabir while talking about Mughals.

News Reports

Project to translate Fatawa Alamgiri raises more than half of targeted funds, this is why organisers think it is important

OpIndia Staff - 23 May, 2021

The Jaipur Dialogues has estimated that the translating the Fatawa Alamgiri to Hindi will take 2-3 years and cost around ₹50 lacs.

Government and Policy

History books should teach India’s civilisational, linguistic heritage, not unfounded claims: Parliamentary Committee meets to discuss NCERT books

Jhankar Mohta - 14 January, 2021

The panel heard suggestions from ex-NCERT director and other representatives on reforms in textbooks

Media

“Mughals were born from Rajput mothers”: Nehru fangirl Sagarika Ghose has yet another fangirl moment, this time for Akbar

OpIndia Staff - 16 September, 2020

After she woke up to the news that the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has renamed the Mughal Museum in Agra after Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Ghose had a complete meltdown on Twitter.

Culture and History