Former BJP MLA Sangeet Som has reignited the debate on 17th-century Mughal emperor Aurangzeb’s legacy, calling for Hindus to ...
The tensions showed how right-wing Hindu leaders and organizations in India use historical grievances to fuel contemporary ...
MLA from Uttar Pradesh Sangeet Som sparked controversy on Wednesday with his statements about Aurangzeb, the 17th-century ...
They claim that the mosque was built on the ruins of the Vishwanath temple, a grand 16th-century Hindu shrine destroyed in 1669 on Aurangzeb’s orders. Addressing an event in Varanasi in 2022 ...
In 2022, Aurangzeb's name was trending on social media when the dispute over a mosque - built on the ruins ... and "his terror" at an event in Varanasi that year. "He tried to change civilisation ...
Sangeet Som, a Hindutva leader and former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator from Uttar Pradesh, recently made highly ...
Authorities imposed an indefinite curfew in parts of a western Indian city on Tuesday, a day after sectarian clashes were ...
Aurangzeb attacked Varanasi again after four years ... built the Gyanvapi Mosque in its place. The present structure of the Kashi Vishwanath Jyotirlinga temple has been built, rebuilt, and ...
The Samajwadi Party chief also recalled Shivaji’s coronation, amid the recent controversy centred in Maharashtra ...
Clashes between Hindus and Muslims in Maharashtra state’s Nagpur city broke out on Monday during a protest led by Hindu nationalist groups demanding the demolition of the tomb of Aurangzeb ...