Question

Why was Aurangzeb unpopular?

Answer 1

Aurangzeb fought many wars of expansion (not all of them successful).He fought with Jatts,Suni-muslims,nawab of bengal and other rulers. These wars had cost a lot of money, and the biggest war was fought with Marathas which war was considered as a no result war.This war was continued for 25 years because Marathas were located in remote areas(high peaks) and when Aurangzeb was capturing one post of Marathas and move forward to another post,previous one was recaptured by Marathas again.This war was without any conclusion and Aurangzeb spent alot of money in this war.At last his money balance was as like as common man.

Secondly, Aurangzeb started putting taxes on non-Muslims which were called Jaziya tax and these taxes were end up at Akbar's ruling.This caused hardships and famine for the ordinary Indian.About 70% of population was of Hindus in subcontinent at that time. All hindu groups declared Aurangzeb as a unpopular and unsuccessful ruler.

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Answer 2

Aurangzeb Alamgir, the sixth ruler of the Mughal Empire, is the most hated king in Indian history. 
The popular story goes that Aurangzeb tried to convert all Hindus to Islam, and when that project failed he supposedly slaughtered millions of Hindus. People claim that Aurangzeb systematically destroyed Hindu cultural institutions