In 1654, the future Mughal emperor Aurangzeb issued a set of strict instructions to one of his sons. The prince was to wake up 72 minutes before sunrise, commanded the father. He had 48 minutes ...

Clashes between Hindus and Muslims in Maharashtra state’s Nagpur city broke out on Monday during a protest led by Hindu nationalist groups demanding the demolition of the tomb of Aurangzeb ...

Aurangzeb presumably didn’t want the intrepid Sambhaji to escape again. He and Kavi Kalash were subsequently “executed by the sword,” Saqi says. The story becomes ghastlier with time ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi also spoke about "Aurangzeb's atrocities and "his terror" at an event in Varanasi that year. "He tried to change civilisation by the sword. He tried to crush culture ...