HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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put economic pressure for forcing the majority community to convert their religion
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meet a diffcult financial situation
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re-assert the fundamentally Islamic character of the State
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Show anger against the Marathas and Rajputs
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Detailed explanation-1: -Jizyah, historically, was a tax paid by non-Muslim populations to their Muslim rulers. It was paid as a sign of submission and gave the non Muslims some legal protection in return. Aurangzeb reversed the policy of his predecessors toward non-Muslim subjects by reimposing the jizyah on non-Muslims.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1679 Aurangzeb reintroduced the jizya, a poll tax for non-Muslims that had been abolished by Akbar the Great a century earlier. The result was a revolt of the Hindu Rajputs, supported by Aurangzeb’s third son Akbar, in 1680-1681.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1679, Aurangzeb decided to re-impose jizya on non-Muslim subjects in lieu of military service, a decision that was widely criticized by many Hindu rulers and Mughal court officials.