History of India

The Mughal Empire emerged in the 16th century. In the Mughal Empire the emperor ruled with absolute power. The emperor was God's representative on earth and therefore was an interpreter of the Islamic Law. The empire built itself around its strong armies. The Mughal's emperor constantly built alliances with neighbours. Ways in which the Mughal's became alliances with people were either threat or intermarriage. They invaded new territory with their strong armies, which gave them new resources, new armies and much more money.

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In 1681 the Maratha's started a war with the Mughal Empire. The Maratha's had an army of half a million which was three times the amount of the Mughal's Empire. The war took twenty seven years for a side to victor. The Maratha's came out victorious which ended the Mughal Empire. The Mughal Empire still had some power in India but their power was very minimal.

The Maratha's Empire was the empire that deafted the Mughal Emipre. The Maratha's waged a 27 year battle against the Mughals and eventually won. The Maratha's Empire controlled most of India during their time of rule. They changed little to India. For example the Maratha's built a Navy for India. THis gave India a battle advantage agianst oponents. The Maratha's didn't change the rest of India.

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Bahadur Shah II was the last Mughal Emperor. He lived for 87 years. After Bahadur Shah II died the Mughal Empire died with him. People stopped believing that the Mughal Empire could hold on. Eventually all the people of the Mughal Empire gave up as well. They realized that the Mughal Empire had finished and it was time to move on.

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By 1750 the BEIC had established secure centers of power in India. They had blackmailed the Princes and Princesses of India. They did this by letting then Princes and Princesses kepp their rightful and royal name and letting them have their extravagent house. In exchange the British got the power that they once had. The British did this all around India which gave them many places of power. This changed the government of India. The British now had control over parts of India and the Indians had no way to get it back.

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The Battle of Plassey was what led to the BEIC rule. The British fought against the nawab and their French allies but the British won. This led to the BEIC rule of the next 100 years

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The British East India Company had defeated Siraj-ud-daulah at the Battle of Plassey in 1757. This was their first step towards taking control of Benga. After the company acquired the Diwani rights from the Mughal emperor,Shah Alam II their control over Bengal was legally acknowledged.

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In 1802 English became the official language of India. This was a major change in India because the British had changed the country to suite them. Schooling was taught in English and people were made to speak English. This changed the lives of almost every Indian at that time.

1805 was when the British expanded their territory along the Eastern Coast of India. This allowed ease of trade and also gave them more space to get resources to sell and to expand their control. This was a change at that time because the Indian coastline had been under their control for quite some time.

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In 1833 the BEIC was ordered by the British government to stop trading in India. The government had told the BEIC to stop trading and become a government only. This did not change much in India because the BEIC was not doing much when trading. They were only making money.