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Book Review - Aurangzeb

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Name:   Aurangzeb – The Man and The Myth Author:   Audrey Truschke Genre:   Non-Fiction/Biography Published by:   Penguin Books No. of Pages:   153 We all have read about Mughal Sultanate during the History class in childhood and many of whom I know, hated the subject for the details it had – dates, names, references, etc. But I always loved History class! Right from the Stone Age man to Hitler and from Shivaji Maharaj to World War – It was a blissful subject and I loved the lengthy answers the teacher would dictate and we later, scribbled in the examination answer sheets. The book, Aurangzeb – The Man and The Myth, is a wonderful flashback of those childhood classroom lessons where many struggled remembering the names and the hierarchy! It is a story which chalks down the details of Aurangzeb – the emperor, who is one of the most hated men in the Indian History. Aurangzeb Alamgir  (1658-1707) was the 6 th  Mughal Emperor and ...