Most Controversial Person in History

[the_kaur]

Re: Most Controversial Person in History

@muqawwee123

I have almost same list of persons in mind when we talk about being controversial. We can’t restrict the concept of someone’s being controversial that he/she was bad, but it means how different people oppose or support the life of those persons.

For me, Aurangzeb and Akbar are more controversial than other personalities of the subcontinent as these are equally liked / disliked by different people.

Zia ul Haq also meets this criteria. He was loved and called Mard e Momin by a faction of society and at the same time he is probably one of most hated persons of Pakistan.

Neither I consider any of them bad. As for aurangzeb and akbar. Akbar is the only king after ashoka the great who was given the title “The great” by historians of all ages, A Shenshah and king has a duty to perform and Akbar was the most tolerant towards the subjects he ruled, he wasn’t thoroughly religious, instead wanted to form a religion, Din-i-illahi, which was against Islam, it can be argued that he wasn’t muslim even. but to me, religion is personal thing, His rule as a king when compared to Aurangzeb hardly had any revolt. religion alone should not be a criteria of someone greatness, Jinnah wasn’t religious in his initial life, Kemal Ataturk had all anti islamic bad habits, but are they controversial in their respective countries to that extent akbar the great is?

ZAB, according to me as an outsider, was the only Pakistani leader who had vision for Pakistan, nuclear armament to economic growth he tried everything he could for Pakistan, while every Pakistani leader tried to fixed his today including Zia, he was the only one who had eyes on tomorrow, This is why I appreciate IK, he has a vision for tomorrow, why care if in personal life he is muslim or not if he benefits the society and country of Pakistan like our visionary leader APJ Abdul Kalam who had given us a dream of being superpower or most controversial PM of India, PVN Rao, because of whom today we have economic might.