Decline of the Mughal Empire

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The decline of the Mughal Empire was a period in Indian history roughly between the early 18th century and mid-19th century during which the Mughal Empire, which once dominated the subcontinent, experienced a sharp decline. Several factors are frequently cited to be responsible for the decline, including the wars of succession, various rebellions (Maratha, Rajput, Sikh and Jat), the Afghan and Iranian invasions, and the rise of the British East India Company. The period is usually considered to have begun with the death of Bahadur Shah I in 1712 and ended with the deposition of Bahadur Shah II in 1857. A number of provinces became hereditary vassal monarchies who ruled nominally in the name of the emperor. All powers, including the Marathas and British, nominally ruled in the name of the emperor, and the politics of the era was marked by these powers trying to gain a larger influence over the emperor than the other. Several historians have debated the cause of decline. Irfan Habib argues...

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