#ASI_Glorifying_Aurangzeb trends as Hindu protest ASI plan to renovate Aurangzeb’s Sheesh Mahal

Archaeological Survey of India has decided to spend an estimated Rs 2.5 crore to spruce up a dilapidated 17th-century monument — Sheesh Mahal in Delhi’s Shalimar Bagh — where, according to officials, the preliminary ceremony of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb’s coronation took place in 1658.

Aurangzeb was responsible for destroying various Hindu temples. It has also been documented that four million Indians were killed under Aurangzeb, who reintroduced Jiziya tax on non-Muslims and also forcibly converted Hindus to Islam.

Actually there are thousands of ancient monuments in India like temples, forts etc. which are in miserable condition, but still ASI chooses to spend crores on a forgotten Aurangzeb monument ?

To protest against such move by ASI, Hindus took to Twitter and raised their voices with demand to stop such work. As many users started tweeting with hashtag #ASI_Glorifying_Aurangzeb, it became one of the top 20 national trends in India. For brief period of time, it was on 11th spot.

Here are some of the tweets in this trend :

https://twitter.com/TIinExile/status/1230043910765867009

#ASI_Glorifying_Aurangzeb is not new,
See the situation at #Lonar #temple, where #ASI has locked the temples, #Hindu Gods are prisoners? @HinduAmericans @HinduJagrutiOrg pic.twitter.com/VCLNC4PBPZ

— Ichalkaranjikar V.S. (@ssvirendra) February 19, 2020

#ASI_Glorifying_Aurangzeb by spending our tax money on renovation of Sheeshmahal of aurangzeb in @delhi
What's the need to glorify him?
When the road of his name has been renamed, y make a big monument on his name?🙄#Hindus stand united against this!@SwamiGeetika@RituRathaur pic.twitter.com/yVAa4PgVMl

— Kritika Khatri (@kk_jpr) February 19, 2020

पुरे विश्व में भारत ही एैसा एक राष्ट्र होगा, जहां औरंगजेब जैसे क्रूर आक्रमणकारियों के स्मारकों का संवर्धन होता है तथा शिवाजी महाराज जैसे महान राजाओं के स्मारकों की उपेक्षा होती है ।@MinOfCultureGoI @prahladspatel @ASIGoI#ASI_Glorifying_Aurangzeb #ShivJayanti #ShivajiMaharaj pic.twitter.com/vNdkyUJqlA

— HinduJagrutiOrg (@HinduJagrutiOrg) February 19, 2020

India would be the only country where Govt agency like @ASIGoI uses public funds liberally to preserve and protect monuments of barbaric, cruel jihadi invaders like Aurangzeb, Humayun; while ancient Indian heritages like temples, forts are left to rot !#ASI_Glorifying_Aurangzeb pic.twitter.com/wnAlYgw1WF

— HinduJagrutiOrg (@HinduJagrutiOrg) February 19, 2020

Hindu Janajagruti Samiti also urged Shri. Prahlad Patel, Hon. Minister for Culture to cancel ASI decision to renovate Aurangzeb’s monument.

मा. @prahladspatel जी, आज #ShivJayanti के अवसर आपसे अनुरोध करते है की आप @ASIGoI के ‘क्रूरकर्मा औरंगजेब के शीश महल के नवीनीकरण’ के निर्णय को निरस्त कर छत्रपती #ShivajiMaharaj से संबंधित धरोहरों का संवर्धन करने का निर्णय करे । @MinOfCultureGoI

#ASI_Glorifying_Aurangzeb pic.twitter.com/1PceTLUHpD

— HinduJagrutiOrg (@HinduJagrutiOrg) February 19, 2020