New Delhi, India – For the past two days, Dutt Shirke has not left his house and has been afraid of the safety of his family. Vehicles parked in the street where he lives in the Hindu-Muslim communal conflict.
Only one mile (about 1.5 km) away, Aslam, who only requested to be known by his first name, has been scared. He is avoiding returning home, where he lives with his wife and mother, because the police have feared to arrest him, saying he is arrested by innocent Muslims. They said, “I did nothing.
They are both residents of Nagpur, which is a city of three million people in the Western Indian state. Violence broke out on Monday for the future of the Kagre of Aurangzeb, the Mughal ruler of the 8th century.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has imposed curves before the appointment of March 1st March in Nagpur, and more than 50 people – most Muslims – have been arrested in raids. It is also the headquarters of the Indian Swamaskar Sangh in the city, the ideological parent of Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party and its Hindu chief.
Then why did the city that were other famous for orange in a city exploded in inter -caste conflicts? Who was Aurangzeb? And why does his legacy still divide India?
Why did Nagpur breakdown?
Last week, he called the Mughal emperor’s grave in a parliament in the BJP parliament in Maharashtra.
About 3 volunteers related to the distant group of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) demanded that Aurangzeb be thrown in Nagpur on Monday. He attacked his place of worship from 1558 to 177 from 558 to 177.
“This grave is a black place in our birthplace,” said Amit Bajpai, a spokesman for VHP, which was one of the organizers of the protest. “We gathered near a square and burned the statue of Aurangzeb wrapped in a green cloth in the presence of police.”
He said, “We have a democratic right to demand that we feel right.”
But other viewers, including Muslim shopkeepers, demanded that the police stop the demonstration, especially in the holy month of Ramadan, said Asif Qureshi, a lawyer and former president of the MHA Maharashtra Bar Council.
The rumors spread that the green cloth used to wrap the statues .The Muslims were angry. That evening, after breaking his fast and offering Magarib’s prayer, the Muslim groups demanded that the members of VHP be prosecuted.
“Unfortunately, things soon out of hand and the angry people started arguing,” Qureshi told Al Jazir.
Since then, a curve has persisted, the police barricades have been part of the city where the city was struggling. And then the police crackdown has been chased. Qureshi said that the police should arrest the Muslims who participated in the encounter, but instead “innocents have been arrested, which was just out to pray”.
After the encounter, VHP Bajpat said he was smoking. “Now we (Muslims) do you think they can be afraid to riot?”
On Tuesday, Maharashtra Chief Minister, Devendra Fadnavis had suggested that Aurangzeb was filmed in a recent Bollywood movie as a villain. The film is fictional for battles between the Chawa, the Mughal ruler and the Marathas, who ruled the present part of the present Maharashtra. Fadnavis said, “The anger of the people against Aurangzeb” came to the fore. Fadnavis is also Prime Minister Modi’s BJP.
Who was Aurangzeb?
The most powerful ruler of the Indian subcontinent, Aurangzeb’s tomb is not in Nagpur. It is more than 450 km (10 miles) from Nagpur. Until 2 Until, these ruler – Aurangabad were kept in the name of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar.
The name was changed under the pressure of Hindu chiefs groups, who have long seen Aurangzeb as the most bloodshed villain in modern history in India. But historians argue that it has a more complex legacy than the depictions of Aurangzeb, who ruled India today.
Aurangzeb got a strong empire heritage, where he climbed after he was jailed and killed his older brother. But the power-hungry emperor was also incredible on the battlefield in his time and was excellent in making the alliance, said Aurangzeb: Aurangzeb: The Man and the Gemini, a historian and author of the book, Audrey Truuske.
Trushke said his policies had a strong impact on the second Mughal emperor.
“Aurangzeb brought all sorts of groups to the empire – as a prince, he traveled through the entire empire and he made his relationship with all the groups, from Maratha to Rajput.”
But Aurangzeb also imposed strict Islamic laws and was a discriminatory tax that Hindu residents would have to pay in exchange for protection. Truske said, “Aurangzeb was a very complicated king and he had a lot of side.
Hindus often depict Aurangzeb as a religious enthusiasm, while Trushke said that the Mughal emperor repeatedly said in his career that he was run by faith, not in power. She said, “Whenever righteousness and strength were contradictory, he chose power,” she said. “Every time every time.”
Why is Aurangzeb in India so much split?
Many historians have pointed out that as a king as a king, there was no democracy at that time. Trushke said, “In many ways,” Aurangzeb was not distracted by Indian kings, especially in modern times “.
But the British colonists cheated him, she said. The Hindu NCP related to the BJP and RSS, “Basically, are repeating the propaganda in colonial and time”, she said.
A-Angraj sentiment is increasing in aggressive, even violent, ways.
In 224, four persons were arrested for depositing Aurangzeb’s poster in the procession. In June 2023, an Instagram post on the rulers brought a 14 -year -old Muslim boy to jail. In 2, the Modi government changed the textbooks of the history of the medium school and high school, and cut off the chapters about the Mughal Empire, which gave details of the duty of emperor like Aurangzeb and his ancestors.
Aurangzeb is not just a history of Modi and his supporters of his politics. It is widely regarded by the demolition of many temples – but it is also believed to be grants and land to other Hindu temples.
The Hindu NCP has claimed the Gyanwapi mosque in Varanasi in Modi’s parliamentary constituency in North state of Uttar Pradesh. He claims that the mosque was built on the remains of the Vishwanath Temple, in 1669 in the Aurangzeb was destroyed in 1 1669 in.
Addressing the incident in Varanasi in the 8th, Modi spoke about “Aurangzeb’s oppression, his terror” and “he tried to change the culture with a sword.” Modi has asked for his own name several times.
After a day after the struggle in Nagpur, Maharashtra Chief Minister Fadnavin said, “Despite the history of harassment, it is unfortunate that the government should accept the responsibility of protecting Aurangzeb’s tomb.”
According to the law of 195888, the Indian Archaeological survey has been protected as a national important monument, which protects it from unauthorized changes or demolition.
While the tension in Nagpur is boiling, the residents and local activists are afraid that more violence will be in the Around.
“There is no faith or faith in each other,” Shirke said. “I don’t believe that my neighbor is not waiting to harm my family.” Qureshi said that Muslim residents remain in fear of raids, and state officials hope that they would face the situation without bias.
For Truskke, the Hindu head of history is the hate of this movement about Muslims, in the past or present. Knowing history is serious to understand how the communities and nations have been shaped, she said. “But it is a crazy idea to prosecute what has happened in the 17th century.”