Aurangzeb was a tyrannical ruler. He was the last prominent ruler of the Mughal Empire and was known for his ruthlessness, cunning and evil. However, a recent article by the Huffington Post sought to showcase a different side of the ruler, a human side. It urged readers to look at the ruler’s actions from a different lens. It asked to stop holding him to the high moral considerations of the post-modern era.
Well, Twitter decided to go along with this new narrative and took it so far as to turn it into a trending hashtag (#YoAurangzebSoNoble). Check out some of the stuff they came up with:
1. Now that’s true imandaari.
#YoAurangzebSoNoble that he never entered a railway station without buying a platform ticket
— Anshuman (@anshumanag) March 29, 2017
2. Wow, we’ve got a noble baller in the house!
#YoAurangzebSoNoble
Aurangzeb always carried his Aadhar card— Akshay (@intellizand) March 29, 2017
3. Now for that, I’d give him the Nobel prize for nobility.
#YoAurangzebSoNoble that he personally gave lifts to ppl who were told NO by the Autowallas
— Amit A (@Amit_smiling) March 29, 2017
4. Definitely noble. No doubt.
https://twitter.com/arungokulvs/status/847031465460281345
5. That went from progressive to DARK in less than a second!
https://twitter.com/padhalikha/status/847031334178639872
6. A total nice guy, isn’t he?
https://twitter.com/dr_insomnia89/status/847036416966115328
7. For those who get it. #ScienceJoke
Helium, Neon, Argon, Krypton, Xenon, and Radon should be called Aurangzeb Gases now. #YoAurangzebSoNoble
— Atul Mishra (@TheAtulMishra) March 29, 2017
8. That’s a sure shot way to win over at least a billion people. 😉
https://twitter.com/VishakhaJ18/status/847023345115828224
9. Next level nobility, right?
https://twitter.com/eng_mumbaikar/status/847045032209207296
10. Hmm… Yup, I can totally see that happening.
https://twitter.com/mainlooserhoon/status/847030390879670272
11. How considerate.
https://twitter.com/TranceCosmos/status/846985993613926402
12. Awwwww. 🙂
Aurangzeb used to brush his teeth twice a day..!!
— Ekita (@LostByWaves) March 29, 2017
13. Well, at least he was hygienic.
#YoAurangzebSoNoble he always Deskinned people he captured in war, before killing them
— Vikrant ~ विक्रांत (@vikrantkumar) March 29, 2017
14. I don’t even know what this means, but so funny. :p
#YoAurangzebSoNoble that he always provided support to aunty bharwi. pic.twitter.com/rbB0Xix5ay
— Kanatunga कानातूंगा💧 (@Kanatunga) March 29, 2017
15. That’s legit actually.
#YoAurangzebSoNoble that he never did a Dharna on Delhi streets.
— Rahul Joshi (@rahulrjoshi) March 29, 2017
Well, based on what we’ve been taught in our history classes in school, Aurangzeb was a tyrant. However, a lot of history has only been written from a single perspective. Maybe there is another side to this story that needs to be told. Do I think Aurangzeb was a nice guy? Certainly not. But do I think there’s more to his story than we were taught? Definitely.
What do the readers think?