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Akbar and Aurangzeb, Pakistan and India – what history textbooks tell us about the two countries

July 24, 2025 3:02 pm

Neither celebrates Akbar, and they hold opposing views on Aurangzeb

'Maharana Pratap won battle of Haldighati against Akbar': Rajasthan Deputy CM Diya Kumari at Jaipur event

May 31, 2025 8:26 pm

Maharana Pratap Haldighati Victory: Kumari’s comments came a day after Rajasthan Governor Haribhau Bagade claimed that several inaccuracies have been recorded in Indian history due to the early influence of British historians

Haleem: A dish that demands time, patience, and a big appetite

March 24, 2025 10:06 am

It is slow-cooked, and unmistakably indulgent. This is a meal best savoured leisurely.

Rajasthan School Education Minister Madan Dilawar Tuesday claimed Mughal emperor Akbar was a "rapist", adding that "to take his name in India is a sin".

'Akbar was a rapist, to take his name in India is a sin,' says Rajasthan school education minister Madan Dilawar

February 27, 2024 4:23 pm

Madan Dilawar also said, "Akbar was an invader, and he had nothing to do with the people of India."

What those offended by divine names for animals don't understand about Hinduism

February 28, 2024 11:02 am

When a basic tenet of Hinduism postulates equality of all creation, how can anyone claim that it sanctions extension of caste system to natural world — that some names are not for lesser beings?

Nashik police deatined Boy, objectionable posts on Lord Hanuman, Mughal emperor urangzeb, social media posts, instagram, facebook posts, hurting of religious sentiments, indian express, indian express news

Boy detained over objectionable posts on Hanuman, Aurangzeb

July 19, 2023 1:41 pm

Nashik Rural district police superintendent Shahaji Umaap was not available for comment.

Was Akbar’s ideology of Sulh-i-kul inspired by a Hellenistic Greek philosophy?

May 13, 2023 9:05 am

New scholarship suggests Mughals were influenced by a Hellenistic Greek philosophical tradition called Neoplatonism that was popular among major empires of the Islamic world in the 16th century. In India, this helped them create alliances for long-term survival.

Naseeruddin Shah praises Mughal emperor Akbar's 'broad-mindedness and tolerance of all faiths'

February 28, 2023 11:46 am

Naseeruddin Shah will play the role of Mughal emperor Akbar in ZEE5's upcoming web series, Taj: Divided By Blood. According to him, the show presents an "unexplored and unchartered take" on Mughal history.

‘Akbar anticipated the modern, multicultural, secular state’: Parvati Sharma

July 30, 2022 11:44 am

The Delhi-based writer on what made her work on a biography of the Mughal emperor Akbar, the many myths that surround his legacy, his ruthlessness and his ability to rise above his prejudices for greater good

Why today's debates over Aurangzeb, Shivaji, Rana Pratap or Prithviraj Chauhan are not about good or bad history, but tussles over memory

June 03, 2022 9:09 pm

Pratap Bhanu Mehta writes: It's not about rewriting Marxist or Nehruvian history but putting facts at the service of creating kinship and finding enemies.

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Rahim's Tomb: Learn about this Mughal monument, believed to be the first architectural symbol of love

December 21, 2020 7:41 pm

It is believed that in 1598, Rahim had built a tomb for his dear wife Mah Banu, near Humayun’s Tomb in Nizamuddin East. With time, it came to be recognised as an architectural symbol of love which, many historians believe, was the inspiration for Taj Mahal