4. The reign of Aurangzeb witnessed one of the strongest campaign
of religious violence in Mughal Empire's history. Aurangzeb
killed 4.6 million Hindus. Aurangzeb banned all Hindu festivals like
Diwali, etc. He reintroduced jizya (tax) on Hindus.
Aurangzeb rose to power in 1658 in the midst of a bloody war of
succession that left two of his brothers dead, a third exiled to
Burma, and his father imprisoned. Aurangzeb named himself the
“Seizer of the World” (Alamgir) and lived up to the title by seizing
kingdom after kingdom during his forty-nine-year reign.