Aurangzeb died in-

The correct answer is 1707.

Key Points

• Aurangzeb (1658 AD-1707 AD)
  • He was crowned at Delhi under the title Alamgir.
  • He captured Guru Teg Bahadur, the 9th Guru of Sikhs in 1675 AD and executed him when he refused to embrace Islam.
  • The Mughal conquests reached a climax during Aurangzeb’s reign as Bijapur and Golconda were annexed in 1686 AD and 1687 AD, respectively.
  • He forbade the inscription of Kalma on the coins and also forbade sati and Jharokha-darshan.
  • He ended the celebration of Navroz and, in 1679 AD, reimposed Jizya.
  • The only monument associated with Aurangzeb is Bibi ka Maqbara, which is the tomb of his wife Rabbia-ud-Daura, in Aurangabad.
  • He died in 1707 after a 49-year reign without officially declaring a crown prince.
  • Aurangzeb was the sixth, and widely considered the last effective Mughal Emperor.
  • According to his wish, he was buried near the dargah of Sheikh Zainuddin, his "spiritual guru".
  • His tomb is located in the village of Khuldabad, in the district of Aurangabad, but he died in Ahmednagar.
  • He was initiated into the Naqshbandiya order.

Additional Information

• The Mughal Empire was founded by Babur in the year 1526 AD.
• He reigned over India from 1526 AD to 1530 AD.
• He was a Central Asian ruler who was of Turkic-Mongol origin.
• He was a descendant of Timur on his father's side, and Genghis Khan on his mother's side.
• The Mughals, a Dynasty of Turkic-Mongol origin ruled most of northern India from the early 16th to the mid-18th century.