--- title: "Unknown truths About Aurangzeb" description: "Aurangzeb was born in 1618 in Dahod (present-day Gujarat). He was the third son and sixth child of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal. Here's some rare facts about him" author: "Abhishek Sen" published: 2022-10-17 canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1334/unknown-truths-about-aurangzeb category: "history" tags: ["Aurangzeb", "history", "Mughals", "Mughal Empire", "Mughal emperor"] reading_time: 1 minute --- # Unknown truths About Aurangzeb ![Unknown truths About Aurangzeb](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/eac8bd8e-ad9e-493f-900d-84889b3a9884/images/26048c31-7401-4fe4-8d40-250f99a861ba.jpeg) ![Unknown truths About Aurangzeb](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/eac8bd8e-ad9e-493f-900d-84889b3a9884/images/0d476946-0e5b-4b69-a4be-0f6a7166fd00.jpeg) 1.Under his reign India surpassed qing china. ![Unknown truths About Aurangzeb](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/eac8bd8e-ad9e-493f-900d-84889b3a9884/images/6011bb19-4ca5-4e0d-8d14-b007b7eb245f.jpeg) 2.He was against spending royal money on frivolous things. ![Unknown truths About Aurangzeb](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/eac8bd8e-ad9e-493f-900d-84889b3a9884/images/cfc16b88-aaf6-4b0f-a386-d1f88bd725d4.jpeg) 3. Number of hindu employees in Mughal darbaar was heighest during reign of aurangzeb. ![Unknown truths About Aurangzeb](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/eac8bd8e-ad9e-493f-900d-84889b3a9884/images/213c06d1-c1ef-4118-ad99-76173ec0ede3.jpeg) 4.During his reign, he banned singing, dancing and playing musical instruments in his darbar. ![Unknown truths About Aurangzeb](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/eac8bd8e-ad9e-493f-900d-84889b3a9884/images/a451767b-1e24-44b1-b576-c4d794ffe773.jpeg) 5. He had banned consumption of Alcohol, gambling, narcotics,pre marital sex. ![Unknown truths About Aurangzeb](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/eac8bd8e-ad9e-493f-900d-84889b3a9884/images/b04f0ddb-7218-4fb6-b92c-3eca3e88c2db.jpeg) 6.He restricted the public celebrations festivals like holi --- Original Source: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1334/unknown-truths-about-aurangzeb Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.