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{{Infobox book<!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia:WikiProject Books --><br />
| name = Shahenshah<br />
| translator = Vikrant Pande<br />
| image = Front cover - Shahenshah by N S Inamdar.jpg<br />
| caption = Front cover of the novel<br />
| author = [[Nagnath S. Inamdar]]<br />
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| country = [[India]]<br />
| genre = Biographical fiction<br />
| publisher = Continental Prakashan<br />
| release_date = 1970<br />
| pages = 715<br />
| isbn = 9788174210616<br />
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'''''Shahenshah''''' ({{lang-mr|शहेनशहा}}) is a 1970 Marathi historical fiction novel by [[Nagnath S. Inamdar|N S Inamdar]]. The story is a fictional biography of the [[Mughal emperors|Mughal emperor]] Muhi-ud-Din Muhammad, otherwise popularly known as [[Aurangzeb]]. Under his reign the [[Mughal Empire]] achieved its largest expansion and also saw a rapid downfall, disintegrating shortly after his death. The novel focuses on his 50-year reign and is about an Emperor who is feared by all and is extremely intelligent yet faces a heartbroken and lonely death.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/Found-in-translation/article14630852.ece|title=Found in translation|date=9 September 2016|work=The Hindu|access-date=13 December 2017|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Hence the title [[Shahanshah]], which is a title given to [[emperor]]s.<ref name="the_hindi1">{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/Giving-the-emperor-his-due/article14416770.ece|title=Giving the emperor his due|last=Lokapally|first=Vijay|date=12 June 2016|work=The Hindu|access-date=13 December 2017|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><br />
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==English translation==<br />
[[File:Front cover - Shahenshah (novel) English translation 2016.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Front Cover of English translation by Vikrant Pande]]<br />
The book was translated to English as "''Shahenshah - The Life of Aurangzeb''" by Vikrant Pande and published by [[Harper Perennial]] in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://harpercollins.co.in/book/shahenshah/|title=HarperCollinsPublishers India {{!}} Shahenshah|website=harpercollins.co.in|access-date=13 December 2017}}</ref><ref name="the_hindi1" /><br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [https://harpercollins.co.in/book/shahenshah/ Harpercollins.in: Shahenshah - The Life of Aurangzeb]<br />
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