INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Aurangzeb, who won the war of succession, ascended the throne in 1658. He killed all his three brothers Dara, Shuja and Murad one by one and imprisoned his father Shahjahan at Agra.

Detailed explanation-2: -Aurangzeb rose to power in 1658 in the midst of a bloody war of succession that left two of his brothers dead, a third exiled to Burma, and his father imprisoned. Aurangzeb named himself the “Seizer of the World” (Alamgir) and lived up to the title by seizing kingdom after kingdom during his forty-nine-year reign.

Detailed explanation-3: -After the death of Aurangzeb in c. 1707 CE, a war of succession broke out among his three sons – Muazzam (the governor of Kabul), Muhammad Kam Baksh (the governor of Deccan) and Muhammad Azam Shah (the governor of Gujarat). Muazzam emerged victorious and ascended the throne with the title of Bahadur Shah Ⅰ.

Detailed explanation-4: -When Shah Jahan became ill, there was a tussle for power among his four sons. Aurangzeb managed to succeed and he usurped the throne by putting his own father in prison at Agra Fort. Shah Jahan died there after 7 years.

Detailed explanation-5: -Battle of Jajau, (June 12, 1707), decisive engagement over succession to the Mughal throne of India following the death of the emperor Aurangzeb. It was fought at Jajau, a short distance south of Agra on the Yamuna (Jumna) River.