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Relevant historical background is provided in S.M. Edwardes and H.L.O. Garrett, Mughal Rule in India (1930, reprinted 1976); and Robert C. Hallissey, The Rajput Rebellion Against Aurangzeb: A Study of the Mughal Empire in Seventeenth-Century India (1977). Kalika-Ranjan Qanungo, Dara Shukon, 2nd ed. (1952), analyzes the rivalry for the throne. Detailed biographies are Jadunath Sarkar, History of Aurangzib: Based on Original Sources, 5 vol. (1924–30, reprinted in 4 vol., 1972–74); and Muni Lal, Aurangzeb (1988).
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| Modified link of Web site: IndiaNetzone - Aurangzeb, Mughal Emperor. | Sep 16, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Heritage History - How the Empire of the Moghuls Broke Up. | Jun 09, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: History Today - Aurangzeb versus the East India Company. | Apr 18, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Feb 27, 2026 | ||
| Removed diacritics. | Feb 08, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Oct 30, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - This Week in History: Aurangzeb Emperor of India. | Jun 15, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 18, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention - Administrative Reforms of Aurangzeb: Centralization and Its Consequences. | Sep 13, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Feb 14, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Aurangzeb was a Man of his Time, not ours. | Dec 04, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Ohio State University - Origins - Aurangzeb: Mughal Emperor. | Oct 16, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Acient Origins - Controversial Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb & Mughal Wars of Succession. | Jun 29, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: UCLA Social Science - MANAS - Aurangzeb: A Political History. | May 20, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Biography of Aurangzeb. | Jan 06, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC - Bitesize - The rule of Aurangzeb. | Aug 22, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Library of Congress - Ruqat-i Alamgiri-i muhashsha. | Jun 21, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cultural India - Biography of Aurangzeb. | Mar 17, 2022 | ||
| Added explicit mention of Gobind Singh and of Bahādur Shāh I. | Jan 05, 2021 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 11, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: Maps of India - Biography of Aurangzeb. | May 04, 2017 | ||
| Removed an erroneous cross-reference and added others. |
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| Add new Web site: IndiaNetzone - Aurangzeb, Mughal Emperor. | Jan 24, 2013 | ||
| Corrected cross-reference to the Shah Jahan article. | Sep 09, 2010 | ||
| Revised and updated article. | Feb 04, 2009 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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