DNA Special: Violence by Aurangzeb's fan club a minor incident for media?

Today, first of all, we will introduce you to the blind devotees of the cruel Mughal ruler Aurangzeb. Someone wrote a bitter truth about Aurangzeb in his Facebook post in Osmanabad, Maharashtra, and the blind followers of Aurangzeb present in the area became so furious that they set houses on fire, broke police vehicles, and publicly resorted to violence. Surprisingly, India's mainstream media either did not report this news or left it as a minor incident of violence. But this news puts India's secular character in danger, so today we will introduce you to Aurangzeb's Fan Club present in India. 

Against the backdrop of this analysis is a post that went viral on Facebook, due to which the violence took place in Osmanabad, Maharashtra on 19 October. During this violence, stones were pelted at the police and police vehicles were damaged. It is alleged that the houses of some people were also the target of this violent mob.

The mob filled with religious hysteria did all this only because this Facebook post criticized the Mughal ruler Aurangzeb, due to which these people were so angry that they created tension in an area of ​​Osmanabad and in this violence, four policemen were injured. In this case, the police have so far registered a case against 44 known and 150 unknown people under serious sections like causing damage to public property and an attempt to murder.

Imagine, the Aurangzeb who killed 46 lakh Hindus and Sikhs of India, forced lakhs of Hindus to convert to Islam and destroyed hundreds of Hindu temples and got mosques built there, today has such a huge fan following in the country. What could be a greater misfortune for this country than this? You will remember that in the past, there was an attempt to call the freedom fighter Vinayak Damodar Savarkar a coward, who had spent almost 15 years with the terrible punishment of black water. But then, neither did people take to the streets in this way nor did anyone protest.

This shows that even today, a certain section of our country considers not Savarkar but Mughal rulers like Aurangzeb as their ideal. Surprisingly, India's mainstream media either did not report this news or left it as a minor incident of violence.

Many of you probably will not know that on the orders of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, the ninth Guru of the Sikhs, Guru Tegh Bahadur, was sentenced to death. Aurangzeb wanted to make India an Islamic nation and he forced Kashmiri Pandits to become Muslims. The Kashmiri Pandits then sought help from Guru Tegh Bahadur and he assured security to the people of Kashmir. Aurangzeb was so enraged by this that he took Guru Tegh Bahadur captive and then burnt his disciples alive in front of him. He also asked Guru Tegh Bahadur to convert to Islam, but when he refused, Aurangzeb beheaded him on November 11, 1675. There is Gurdwara Sis Ganj Sahib in Delhi today where he was given the death sentence.

And the unfortunate thing is that till a few years ago from today, a few kilometres away from this Gurudwara, a road in Delhi was named Aurangzeb Road, which was renamed as Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Road in August 2015. That is, for almost 68 years after the independence of the country, there was a road in Delhi itself in the name of Aurangzeb. At some distance from this road is the Parliament of the country. There is the Prime Minister's office, there are big government offices, near it live big ministers and judges of the country, big leaders like Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi also live near it. But no one tried to change the name of this road for 68 years. This also shows how much the scope of Aurangzeb's Fan Club is spread in our country.

These are all those things about Aurangzeb, about which the people of our country were never told honestly. You too would never have read these things in school. Rather, many methods were adopted to inculcate this adulterated history in the minds of the people. One of these was that the hospital where you were born, the schools you send your children to, the road you use, the airport you travel through, and the museum you visit to commemorate history were named after the Mughal rulers.

At present, there are more than 700 such districts, towns and villages in India, whose names are after the Mughal rulers. Of these, 61 places are named after the first Mughal ruler, Zahiruddin Mohammad alias Babar, who had demolished the ram temple. There are 11 places named after the Mughal ruler Humayun. The maximum number of 251 places are named after Akbar. There are 141 places named after the Mughal ruler Jahangir. There are 63 places in our country named after Shah Jahan. And in the name of Aurangzeb, there are 177 place names.