Late Mughal period

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The Late Mughal period was the final, declining phase of the Mughal Empire in the 18th and early 19th centuries, marked by weakened central authority, regional fragmentation, and growing European colonial influence in India.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period
alsoKnownAs decline of the Mughal Empire
characterizedBy court factionalism
decline of imperial revenue
frequent succession disputes
increasing European colonial influence
military decline of the Mughal Empire
political fragmentation
rise of regional kingdoms
symbolic rather than effective Mughal sovereignty
weak central authority
country Mughal Empire
culturalAspect continuation of Indo-Persian court culture
development of late Mughal painting
evolution of North Indian classical music traditions
patronage of Urdu literature
endTime 1857
followedBy British Raj
linked to: British India

direct British Crown rule in India
follows Aurangzeb's reign
High Mughal period
hasCause Ahmad Shah Durrani's invasions of North India
Nader Shah's invasion of India
decline of Mughal mansabdari system
expansion of European trading companies in India
fiscal crisis of the Mughal state
increasing autonomy of provincial governors
invasions from Persia and Afghanistan
military overextension of the Mughal Empire
rise of regional powers in India
succession crises in the Mughal Empire
weakening of central Mughal authority
hasEffect decline of Persian as sole court language in North India
erosion of Mughal imperial institutions
growth of Company rule in India
reconfiguration of regional polities in India
rise of British paramountcy in India
transition from Mughal to colonial rule
hasPart reign of Ahmad Shah Bahadur
reign of Akbar II
reign of Alamgir II
reign of Bahadur Shah I
reign of Bahadur Shah II
reign of Farrukhsiyar
linked to: Farrukhsiyar

reign of Jahandar Shah
linked to: Jahandar Shah

reign of Muhammad Shah
reign of Shah Alam II
influencedBy British East India Company
French East India Company
Kingdom of Mysore
Maratha Empire
Nawab of Awadh
Nawab of Bengal
Nizam of Hyderabad
Sikh misls
linked to: Sikh Misldar
location Delhi
Indian subcontinent
linked to: South Asia

North India
linked to: northern India
partOf early modern history of India
history of the Mughal Empire
significantEvent Battle of Buxar
Battle of Plassey
Charter Acts affecting British rule in India
Indian Rebellion of 1857
Nader Shah's sack of Delhi
Pitt's India Act of 1784
linked to: India Act 1784

Regulating Act of 1773
linked to: Regulating Act 1773

Third Battle of Panipat
Treaty of Allahabad (1765)
linked to: Treaty of Allahabad

death of Aurangzeb
exile of Bahadur Shah II
grant of Diwani of Bengal to the British East India Company
startTime 1707
temporalOverlap Maratha ascendancy in India
rise of British colonialism in India

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Alamgir II historicalPeriod Late Mughal period
Najib-ud-Daula historicalEra Late Mughal period
Mahadaji Scindia historicalPeriod late Mughal period
linked to: Late Mughal period
Anwaruddin Khan era Mughal successor states period
linked to: Late Mughal period