THE LATER MUGHALS
The
Mughals who ascended to the throne after the death of Aurangzeb were known as
later Mughals.
Bahadur
Shah, Jahandar Shah, Farrukhsiyar, Shah Alam II and Bahadur Shah Zaffar were
some of the important later Mughal rulers.
Their
impact on Later Mughal Rule was strong in Indian History:
Inefficient Rulers : After the death of Aurangzeb in 1707
A.D., there was no emperor in the Mughal dynasty who could check these revolts
and reunite the Mughal Empire. The unity of Mughal Empire began to shaken,
because his successors were weak and they were puppets in the hands of their
nobles.
Rise
of Independent States
The
later Mughals were very weak. So it was very difficult for them to control the
distant provinces of the empire. So most of the governors had established
independent states. Bengal, Hyderabad, Oudh were the three major independent
state.
East
India Company and the Later Mughals :
Mughal
emperor Shah Alam II joined hands with the Nawab of Oudh and Bengal in the war
against the East India Company. But they were defeated in the battle of Buxar
and became ready to give the right of Diwani (right to collect revenue) in
Bengal, Bihar and Orissa to the English.
Akbar
II : Akbar II ascended to the throne
of Delhi after the death of his father, Shah Alam. By this time, the English
Company had controlled almost whole of Delhi. The emperor was almost a prisoner
of the British.
Bhadur
Shah Zafar : After the death of Akbar II in
1837 A.D., his son Bahadur Shah II succeeded the throne. He took part in the
Rising of 1857 and was imprisoned and sent to Rangoon. This brought the actual
end of Mughal Dynasty in 1857.
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