Just think a man such, character, calibre who cares and concern for public can be unjust, cruel. Just imagine A King such cruel and unjust to the Majority could rule a huge country, for about 50 years, where majority members serving highest position and comprising 80% in the Military.
He was so pious best character person noble and just. You cannot find a single one in the present leaders.
1. His personal piety, however is undeniable he led an exemplary simple pious life.
He care for the Royal Treasury as Public Treasury and for public. The present leaders considers Public treasury to personal Treasy.
2. Unlike his predecessors, Aurangzeb did consider the royal treasury as a trust of the citizens of his empire and did not use it for personal expenses.
He was subedar in Deccan and Gujarat. He did not destroy any Temple, His period was peaceful and prosperous, called Golden Period.
3. Despite more than two decades he campaign as Subedar in Deccan and Gujarat there is no record of temple destruction in the region. He continued to confer Jagirs to Hindu Temples. His period was golden period and relatively peaceful, prosperous in his tenure.
He was maligned that he was against art and Music. He was the accomplished musician playing VEENA. (He banned all Ashlil Nangey Nude dances )
4. Surprisingly he is well accomplished in playing VEENA stringed instruments.(Music Instrument)
Many historians accepted that the lies against Aurangzeb invented.
RE:The Truth about Auranbzeb
by JATIN HALDANKAR on Jul 10, 2007 05:33 PM Permalink
AURANGZEB%u2019S RELIGIOUS POLICY
After he became the king, he adopted the policy of converting the whole of India to Islam. He wanted to see only one religion in India and in the world and that was the Sunni sect of Islam. In order to achieve this aim, he revamped the religious policy of his predecessors and made life for Hindus very difficult. Here are some of the examples to prove what he did to the Hindus of that time:
1) When he was the governor of Gujrat, he declared Jihad against non-Muslims. In 1645, he started razing Hindu temples in Gujrat. The famous temple, Chintamani got converted to a Mosque at this time. To humiliate the Hindus, he killed cows in their temples and washed the temples with blood of cows.
2) When he became the governor of South India, he continued his sadistic activities. He destroyed many temples there. Shah Jahan, his father sensed what he was doing there and moved him from there to Afghanistan. As soon as he left South, temples got constructed again. Aurangzeb used to say that if he gets a chance, he would eliminate all temples from India.
3) When he became the king, he doubled the road toll for Hindus while halved it for the Muslims. He was trying to create financial difficulties for the Hindus and at the same time creating incentive for them to become Muslim, by halving the road tolls for Muslims.
4) Most Hindus were employed by the civil department of the government. He passed a bill to ensure that only a Muslim could hol
