Question

discuss the revolts of jats and sikhs during 17th century?​

Answer 1

During his reign, Aurangzeb had to deal with a number of political issues, such as −

The Marathas in the Deccan,

The Jats and Rajputs in north India,

The Afghans and Sikhs in the north-west, and

The nature of these problems was different from each other, for example −

In the case of the Rajputs, it was basically a problem of succession.

In the case of the Marathas, it was the issue of independence.

In the case of Jats, it was the clash of peasant-agrarian background.

In the case of Afghans, it was a tribal issue.

The only movement in which religion played a role was the Sikh movement. However, later, the Jat and the Sikh movements concluded in attempts to set up the independent regional states.

It has been sometimes argued that all these movements, excluding the Afghan one, represented a Hindu reaction against Aurangzeb’s narrow