"Here it may be mentioned that Aurangzeb had the dubious distinction of renaming more towns and forts than perhaps any other Muslim ruler. It seems he wanted to erase the memory of the past history of these places and give them a new beginning, coinciding with the ârevivalâ of Islamic faith, practices and Shariâat laws under him. He thus renamed Nasik as Gulshanabad, Karnal as Qamarnagar, Devgarh as Islamgarh, Toran as Fatuh-ul-Ghaib, Nagpur as Bhagpur, DhĂrur as Fatahabad, Vrindavan as Mominabad, Mathura as Islamabad, Rampura as Islampur, and sometime in the last decade of his reign, he renamed Banaras as Muhammadabad. More instances of renaming of towns by him can be cited."
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Bhatnagar, V. S. (2020). Emperor Aurangzeb and Destruction of Temples, Conversions and Jizya : (a study largely based on his court bulletins or akhbÄrÄt darbÄr muÊ»alla)
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