aurangazeb road in heart of new delhi was renamed after dr apj abdul kalam road.
aurangazeb road in heart of new delhi was renamed after dr apj abdul kalam road.
aurangazeb road in heart of new delhi was renamed after which personality?
dr apj abdul kalam road
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ali wrote extensively on the mughal empire, comparative history of islamic empires, implications of secularism and early modern societies from spain to indonesia. athar ali's reputation for scholarship was firmly established in 1966, with the publishing of his book "the mughal nobility under aurangazeb". a paper-back edition was brought out in 1970 and a second, revised, edition in 1997. originally his doctoral thesis, it was soon acknowledged as the definitive study of india's late medieval ruling class. the book led to a reconsideration of many standard views of the ethnic composition of the mughal ruling class and was widely regarded as a strong critique of communalist historiography in india and pakistan. it also offered, for the first time, a more scientific and rational analysis of aurangazeb the person, and the historical role of aurangazeb, the last of the great mughal emperors, whose reign between 1658 and 1707 hastened the disintegration of the empire. the theory, which still receives support from many quarters, that aurangazeb's 'religious bias' generated a 'hindu backlash' which brought about the downfall of the empire, was challenged by athar ali on the basis of hard evidence. "the evidence i assembled," wrote athar ali in his introduction to the revised edition of the book, "did not in any sense exonerate aurangazeb, but i think it did set different limits within which the emperor's personal preferences and decisions had impact: and it suggested a number of other factors, besides the one of religious bias..."
m. athar ali