New Book Dives Deep into the Love Life of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb
Every now and then, there is a debate whether Aurangzeb was a villain or a hero. Such debates become even more important when very few people know about his personal life.
Aurangzeb had two Hindu wives-one a Rajput named Udaipuri and another Nawab Bai. Udaipuri was so much in love with the sixth Mughal emperor that she had expressed her wish to perform ‘sati’ if Aurangzeb died before her. This fact was mentioned by Aurangzeb himself in a letter to his son Kambaksh. Interestingly, the two died within months in 1707.…