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Events on Saturday 30 August 1659 1
1615 – 1659Dara Shikoh (1615-1659)Died 30 August 1659, aged 44Dara Shikoh, eldest son of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan and heir apparent, was executed on the orders of his brother Aurangzeb after losing the war of succession. A noted scholar, he had translated the Upanishads into Persian and promoted dialogue between Islamic and Hindu thought.