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Facts about Aurengzeb
by Humayun Rashid on Mar 08, 2007 03:51 AM

THIS MIGHT OPEN YOUR EYES.
1. Only emperor in the history of India, who was working on salary.
2. He put his father in jail for the reason he said - this is public money, you cannot waste 20 lakh rupees for your dead wife.
3. He used to make topis (caps) to wear and janamaz (rug for prayer) and that was his only income.
4. Once his wife asked him, can we hire one cook , he said No, we cannot afford him.
5. A true visionary, britishers first tried to enter India during his reign - he said NO.
6. and Might is Right - ofcourse he was powerful, he did the same what other great emperors did in their time.., conquer everybody like Ashoka, Akbar...

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