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Download Solution PDFWhich Mugal Emperor is also known as Alamgir?
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Download Solution PDFAurangzeb:
- Assumed the title Alamgir (or World Conqueror).
- To contain Marathas, he attacked Golconda and Bijapur.
- Though Aurangzeb defeated them it removed the only boundary between Marathas and Mughals.
- According to JN Sarkar, Deccan ulcer ruined Aurangzeb.
- Created separate departments to enforce moral codes called 'Muhtasib'.
- Prohibited drinking, cultivation and use of Bhang and drugs.
- Forbid music in Mughal court, dismissed royal astrologers and astronomers.
- The discontinued practice of Jharoka darshan.
- Discontinued celebration of Dussehra.
- Destroyed Hindu temples and banned construction of them.
- Re-imposed Jiziya and pilgrimage tax in 1679.
- Was against Sikhs and executed 9th Sikh Guru Teg Bahadur, which resulted in the transformation of Sikhs into the warring community.
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