| Name(s) |
Abul Muzaffar Muhy-ud-Din
Muhammad AURANGZEB Alamgir |
| Date of
Birth |
November 04, 1618 – Dahod, Gujarat, India |
| Date of
Death |
March 03, 1707 – Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India |
|
Identity |
The sixth Mughal Emperor in India |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
- February 26, 1628 - Shah Jahan was
officially declared the Mughal Emperor, and
Aurangzeb returned to live with his parents at Agra Fort.
- July 31, 1658 - He was
proclaimed the 6th Mughal emperor.
- June 15, 1659 - He was coronated.
- September 09, 1659 - On this day he
killed his brother Dara Shikoh and sent his
severed head to his father, Shah Jahan,
whom he had confined in the Agra Fort.
- June 11, 1665 - As a result of the
treaty of Purandar signed on this day by Chhatrapati
Shivaji, Sambhaji became a Mughal sardar and served the
Mughal court of Aurangzeb and the father and son duo fought
along with the Mughals against Bijapur.
- May 12, 1666 - Chhatrapati
Shivaji and his son Sambhaji presented themselves
at Aurangzeb's court at Agra on this day. Aurangzeb put both
of them under house arrest.
- August 17, 1666 - Chhatrapati
Shivaji escaped from the captivity of Auranczeb on
this day.
- April 02, 1679 - JEZIYA TAX
- On this day, Aurangzeb re-imposed the
jeziya tax on non-Muslims. Earlier, Akbar had
abolished the same more than a century ago.
- September 07, 1695 - A heavily
armed trading ship, named Ganj-i-Sawai, belonging to the
Aurangzeb was captured, along with its escort the Fateh
Muhammed, on this day by the English pirate Henry
Every. The loot from the Ganj-i-Sawai totalled estimated
£600,000. Emperor Aurangzeb threatened to end all English
trading in India.
- September 03, 2015 -
Aurangzeb Road in New Delhi was renamed as
APJ ABDUL KALAM ROAD.
|
|
Other Events &
Developments |
- He ruled over most of the Indian subcontinent.
- His reign lasted for 49 years from 1658
until his death in 1707.
- He was the strong, effective and among the
wealthiest Mughal Rulers of India.
- He was well known for his extremist outlook,
such as religious intolerance, defacing and destruction of
temples of other religions, life-threatening conversions of
non-Muslims, reinstatement of Jizya, etc.
- He was the third son and sixth child of Shah
Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal.
- In June 1626, after an unsuccessful rebellion by his
father, Aurangzeb and his brother Dara Shikoh were kept as
hostages under their grandparents' (Nur Jahan and Jahangir)
Lahore court.
- On 26 February 1628, Shah Jahan was
officially declared the Mughal Emperor, and
Aurangzeb returned to live with his parents at Agra Fort.
- In 1635, he was made in-charge of the force sent to
Bundelkhand, where he defeated the Bundela leader Jujhar
Singh.
- In 1636, he brought Nizam Shahi dynasty to a virtual
end.
- In 1637, he annexed the small Rajput kingdom of Baglana.
- Meanwhile, his religious policies widened the
gap between Hindus and Muslims.
- He was not fond of music and virtually banned
any form of music or dance in his kingdom.
- Most of his life was spent on the battlefield
conquering territories and trying to conquer the Deccan.
- He was too strict and rather cruel.
- His constant warfare and waging battles emptied
his treasures and slowly the Mughal Empire
started to go towards its decline.
- By the time he reached 90 years of age, he realized that
he had committed many sins and started leading the
life of an ascetic.
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|
Other |
On Sep-03, 2015,
Aurangzeb Road in New Delhi was renamed as APJ ABDUL
KALAM ROAD. APJ Abdul Kalam was one of the most beloved
scientists, nationalists and the Presidents of India. It is one
of the roads in New Delhi's Lutyen's Bunglow Zone in India. It
lies in the north-east end, stetching from the Taj Mansingh
Hotel at the round about of Mansingh Road, Shahjahan Road,
Humayun Road, Prithviraj Road and a road to Khan Market in the
north-east. At the south-west end it stretches up to the
crossing at Kamal Atatürk road and Safdarjung Road joint. Abdul
Kalam (previously Aurangzeb) road includes several Indian
billionaires like ArcelorMittal's L N Mittal, K.P.Singh of DLF
and Max Healthcare's Analjit Singh. Member of Parliament Mrs.
Manorama Singh also resides here. The land on this road is worth
INR Rs. 500 Crore (roughly $85 million) per acre as of September
2015. |
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