Yakub Habeebuddin Tucy, a self-proclaimed, Mughal descendant of Bahadur Shah Zafar has written to the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres seeking international intervention and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo illustration by Leah Abucayan/CNN/Getty/AP Despite being dead for more than 300 years, this Indian ruler is still making ...

New Delhi, India — Datta Shirke has not left his home for the past two days and fears for the safety of his family. Vehicles parked in the lane where he lives have been torched in Hindu-Muslim ...

MUMBAI – Authorities imposed an indefinite curfew in parts of Nagpur after clashes erupted over demands to remove the tomb of 17th-century Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, injuring more than a dozen police ...

Aurangzeb, the longest-ruling Mughal emperor, reigned for nearly 49 years, expanding the empire to its greatest size through relentless military campaigns, particularly in the Deccan. His strict ...

In 1679, Aurangzeb reinstated the jizya tax across the Mughal empire. Shivaji Maharaj responded with a reasoned letter ...

Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has made yet another baseless claim, saying India was "never truly united" except under the rule of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb -- a statement that easily ...

Discover Treaty of Purandar when it was signed and its reasons and significance .Learn why Shivaji Maharaj signed with the ...

Despite being dead for more than 300 years, this Indian ruler is still making waves in the nation’s politics. Aurangzeb Alamgir has become so central to India’s fraught political moment, his memory is ...

(CNN) — Despite being dead for more than 300 years, this Indian ruler is still making waves in the nation’s politics. (CNN) — Despite being dead for more than 300 years, this Indian ruler is still ...