The commercial success of Chhaava, a drama about the life of the Maratha ruler Sambhaji, seems to have fuelled many political and historical flames. People scrambled to dig up Asirgarh Fort since the ...

Paramilitary personnel keep vigil as curfew remains in effect in 10 police station limits on the second consecutive day following the violence erupted on 17 March, in Nagpur on Wednesday.

Researchers discovered a royal tomb that is over 3,600 years old in Abydos, Egypt. The entryway of the tomb was decorated with inscriptions dedicated to Isis and Nephthys, goddesses of the afterlife.

The tensions showed how right-wing Hindu leaders and organizations in India use historical grievances to fuel contemporary tensions. By Hari Kumar Anupreeta Das and Pragati K.B. Reporting from New ...

Mughal ruler Aurangzeb has been dominating the political discourse in Maharashtra since the release of the Bollywood movie Chhaava, based on the life of Maratha king Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj and ...

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Authorities in Nagpur, India imposed an indefinite curfew in parts of the city after clashes ensued over demands by Hindu nationalist groups to demolish the tomb of a 17th-century Muslim Mughal ruler.

Aurangzeb, one of the most controversial figures in Indian history, died in Ahmednagar (officially Ahilyanagar) -- a city in the west-central part of Maharashtra, some 130 kilometers from his place of ...

A curfew had to be imposed in some areas of Nagpur after protests over Aurangzeb's tomb turned violent. The 17th-century emperor's final resting place isn't in Delhi, the seat of Mughal power, or ...

A riot broke out in Nagpur, Maharashtra’s second capital and the headquarters of the RSS, on the evening of March 17. Hours earlier, a rally had been held in the city’s Mahal area by the Vishva Hindu ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Authorities imposed an indefinite curfew in parts of a western Indian city on Tuesday, a day after sectarian ...

Aurangzeb, the longest reigning Mughal Emperor, died in 1707. Years and years later, his final resting place — his tomb — has become a hot topic and a cause of violence in the city of Nagpur in ...