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Historian B N Banerjee : "In Aurangzebs administration, the state policy was formulated by Hindus. Hindus held the highest position in the State Treasury. During Aurangzeb's reign of fifty years, Jaswant Singh, Raja Rajrup, Kabir Singh, Arghanath Singh, Prem Dev Singh, Dilip Roy, and Rasik Lal Crory, held very high administrative positions. Two of the highest ranked generals, Jaswant Singh and Jaya Singh, were Hindus.Other notable Hindu generals were Raja Vim Singh of Udaypur, Indra Singh, Achalaji and Arjuji. I wonder how Aurangzeb was hostile to Hindus & positio
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08 May '10 08:29 pm
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Nonsense.
This is all a false propaganda. What are the credentials of this Nagendra Nath Banerjee? who is he. when you come out with such material it should be backed by ample evidence, which I am afraid you will not find. All a propogandist can do is take some names whom no one has ever heard as 'authorities' on Aurangzeb. To begin Aurangzeb, it is well known rthat he arrested his own father and put him in prison till his death. He killed his brothers. All this only to gain access to the throne (which he could not legally as he was third in line) all this he did to establish orthodox Islam as he was not happy with the Secularism followed by his ancestors from Babar till Shahjehan. Aurangzeb's ancestors were Shias, but Aurungzeb converted to Sunni for the same reason. The era of Aurangzeb was full of torture and atrocities on the Sikhs. He burried two adolescent boys of Guru Govind Singh ji.This is history. In his tenure Sikhs were asked to cut off their hair and accept Islam or face ...more
Answered by QueSera Sera, 08 May '10 09:09 pm
This is all a false propaganda. What are the credentials of this Nagendra Nath Banerjee? who is he. when you come out with such material it should be backed by ample evidence, which I am afraid you will not find. All a propogandist can do is take some names whom no one has ever heard as 'authorities' on Aurangzeb. To begin Aurangzeb, it is well known rthat he arrested his own father and put him in prison till his death. He killed his brothers. All this only to gain access to the throne (which he could not legally as he was third in line) all this he did to establish orthodox Islam as he was not happy with the Secularism followed by his ancestors from Babar till Shahjehan. Aurangzeb's ancestors were Shias, but Aurungzeb converted to Sunni for the same reason. The era of Aurangzeb was full of torture and atrocities on the Sikhs. He burried two adolescent boys of Guru Govind Singh ji.This is history. In his tenure Sikhs were asked to cut off their hair and accept Islam or face ...more
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