Aurangzeb

Auranzeb was the son of Shahjahan.He put his father into prison.He ruled for 50 years till his death in feb,1707 in Ahmadnagar.During the first 23 years of the rule he concentrated on North India.During this period the Marathas under Shivaji rose to power.Auranzeb captured Guru Teg Bahadur,the 9th guru of Sikh in 1675. The 10th and last Sikh Guru ,Guru Gobind Singh,son of guru teg bahadur,organise his followers into community of warrior called Khalsa to fight the muslim tyranny and avenge the killing of his father.Guru Gobind Singh was,however assassinated in 1708 by an afghan at Nander . Banda Bairagi,a trusted disciple of Guru Gobind Singh continued the war against Mughals.Auranzeb left the North in 1682 and for the next 25 years trying to crush the Marathas.Shivaji was the most powerful Maratha king and an enemy of Auangzeb.When Aurangzeb could not elliminate him,he conspired in 1665 with Jai singh of Amber,a rajput to eliminate Shivaji.On a assurance given by Jai singh,Shivaji visited Auranzeb'court.Shivaji was imprisoned by Aurangzeb but he managed to escape .The Mughal conquest reached a climax during Aurangzeb's reign.Aurangzeb died in 1707.Aurangzeb ban on Hindu festival.He destroyed many Hindu temples