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The film also depicts Sambhaji’s brutal death at the hands of the Mughal ruler Aurangzeb, possibly leading Right-wing vigilantes in Nagpur to demand the destruction of Aurangzeb’s tomb. High-ranking ...

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By Hari Kumar Anupreeta Das and Pragati K.B. Reporting from New Delhi A hard-line Hindu group’s call for the removal of the tomb of a 17th-century Mughal ruler has ignited tensions with Muslims ...

Violence erupted in Nagpur on Monday after protests by Hindu nationalist groups against Aurangzeb’s tomb triggered rumours of a desecration of a holy book. Amid growing calls for the razing of the ...

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At the centre of the violence is a stone structure less than three yards in length -- the tomb of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, who died more than 300 years ago. Aurangzeb's final resting place is ...

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Policemen watch as vehicles are torched during clashes sparked by protests demanding the removal of the tomb of 17th-century Muslim Mughal ruler Aurangzeb, in Nagpur, India, on Monday, March 17, 2025.

The violence occurred over rumours of sacrilege amid protests calling for the razing of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb's tomb. But the tomb of Aurangzeb, who died over 300 years ago in 1707, is not in ...