{"id":53465,"date":"2025-03-19T15:03:18","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T15:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/indian-city-faces-curfew-after-hindu-groups-target-medieval-muslim-emperor-s\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T15:03:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T15:03:04","slug":"indian-city-faces-curfew-after-hindu-groups-target-medieval-muslim-emperor-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/indian-city-faces-curfew-after-hindu-groups-target-medieval-muslim-emperor-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian city faces curfew after Hindu groups target medieval Muslim emperor\u2019s tomb"},"content":{"rendered":"

A curfew remained in effect for the second consecutive day on Wednesday March 19, 2025, across 10 police jurisdictions of Nagpur, a day after more than 50 people were detained amid violence sparked by protests against Emperor Aurangzeb\u2019s tomb.<\/p>\n

State lawmaker Chandrashekhar Bawankule said 34 police personnel and five civilians were injured during the violence while several houses and vehicles sustained damage.<\/p>\n

Senior police officer Ravinder Singal confirmed that at least 50 people had been arrested. Police earlier said at least 15 officers were injured in the clashes and one of them was in serious condition.<\/p>\n

The violence erupted after right-wing Hindu group Vishwa Hindu Parishad burned an effigy of Aurangzeb, demanding that the government raze his tomb in Khuldabad, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district, formally called Aurangabad.<\/p>\n

They claimed the tomb was a reminder of \u201ccenturies of oppression, atrocities, and slavery\u201d of Hindus during Muslim rule in India.<\/p>\n

The agitation by Hindu groups started after the release of Bollywood film Chhaava, which portrayed Aurangzeb\u2019s execution of a local Hindu king called Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj.<\/p>\n

The chief minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis, said in the state assembly that \u201cChhaava has ignited people\u2019s anger against Aurangzeb.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Nagpur, tension escalated when rumors spread that a Muslim holy book had been desecrated during the effigy burning. Muslim groups marched near a police station, leading to stone-pelting and attacks by masked individuals carrying weapons.<\/p>\n

Mr Fadnavis condemned the violence and ordered strict action. \u201cI have told the police commissioner to take whatever strict steps are necessary,\u201d he said. He had earlier said the violence looked like it was \u201ca well-planned attack\u201d.<\/p>\n

On the second day of the curfew, shops and businesses in central Nagpur remained shut as security was heightened across the city. Security was also tightened around Aurangzeb\u2019s tomb in Khuldabad town.<\/p>\n

Maharashtra\u2019s deputy director general of police, Rashmi Shukla, instructed district police chiefs to watch carefully for even minor incidents that could spark unrest, according to The Indian Express.<\/p>\n

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad denied involvement in the clashes. The group\u2019s general secretary, Milind Parande, said in a video message that they wanted a Maratha memorial to be built in place of the tomb.<\/p>\n

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An indefinite curfew was declared in Nagpur in the western Indian state of Maharashtra after clashes erupted over demands by Hindu groups to demolish the tomb of a 17th-century Mughal ruler.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":2000083855,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-53465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000083855,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-453.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-453.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-453.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-453.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-453.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-453.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/135"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000083855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53465"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=53465"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=53465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}