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Mughal emperor Akbar

Government and Policy

NCERT removes ‘the great’ epithet from the names of tyrants Akbar and Tipu Sultan, Assam CM says throw ‘them in the sea’

OpIndia Staff - 23 November, 2025

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma welcomed NCERT’s decision to remove the "great" epithet from Akbar and Tipu Sultan.

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Former SC judge whines about Akbar being exposed in textbooks, claims ‘distortion of history’: Read about the massacre of Hindus by the Mughal tyrant

OpIndia Staff - 19 September, 2025

According to Justice Nariman, Mughal rulers, including Akbar, made enormous contributions to the "composite culture" of the country.

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While left liberals have a problem with Akbar being called a brutal conqueror in NCERT books, read how the Mughal King massacred 30000 Hindus...

Aditi - 19 July, 2025

The remaining Rajput soldiers put up a final resistance before the Mughal armies and laid down their lives, before the fort was finally captured on February 23-24, 1568.

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Naseeruddin Shah highlights ‘misinformation’ about Akbar in history books, says Akbar never used ‘Din-e-Elahi’ term, never wanted to start new religion

OpIndia Staff - 1 March, 2023

Naseeruddin Shah showered praises for the Mughal king and said that he was soft-hearted, vulnerable man and he was also very passionate, sexually driven, ferocious, merciless warrior. "He must have been a great lover. I played him, to find the human being within this grandeur,” he said.