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Aurangzeb's Sikh War: Guru Tegh Bahadur and the Rise of the Khalsa
In 1675, Aurangzeb ordered the public execution of Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth Sikh guru, in Chandni Chowk, Delhi. This episode explores the escalating conflict between the Mughal emperor and the Sikh community, from the guru's arrest in Malwa to his beheading and the subsequent martyrdom narrative. We examine the political motivations — the guru's protection of Kashmiri Pandits, Aurangzeb's pressure for conversion, and the execution's aftermath that radicalized his son, Guru Gobind Singh. Against the backdrop of imperial consolidation in the Deccan, we trace how this…
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