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Question
What were the consequences of the policy of religious tolerance followed by Akbar?
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Solution
Religious tolerance followed by Akbar resulted in very successful aspects to make him popular, e.g.
- He abolished the ‘Jizyah’, a tax paid by non-Muslims.
- He abolished the pilgrim tax on bathing at holy places.
- He abolished the practice of forcibly converting prisoners of war to Islam.
- In 1575, he built a hall (Ibadat Khana) at Fatehpur Sikri for religious meetings.
- In 1579, Akbar issued a ‘Declaration’ or ‘Mahzar’, which made him the supreme or final arbiter in religious matters.
- In 1580, he created a new religion called ‘Din-i-Ilahi’.
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