Question

“British policies did not go unchallenged”. With the use of examples explain the given statement.

Answer 1

Answer:

Aurangzeb was the last of the powerful Mughal rulers.

He established control over a very large part of the

territory that is now known as India. After his death in

1707, many Mughal governors (subadars) and big

zamindars began asserting their authority and

establishing regional kingdoms. As powerful regional

kingdoms emerged in various parts of India, Delhi could

no longer function as an effective centre.

By the second half of the eighteenth century, however,

a new power was emerging on the political horizon –

the British. Did you know that the British originally

came as a small trading company and were reluctant to

acquire territories? How then did they come to be masters

of a vast empire? In this chapter you will see how this

came about.

Fig. 1 – Bahadur Shah Zafar

and his sons being arrested by

Captain Hodson

After Aurangzeb there was no

powerful Mughal ruler, but

Mughal emperors continued to

be symbolically important.

In fact, when a massive rebellion

against British rule broke out in

1857, Bahadur Shah Zafar,

the Mughal emperor at the time,

was seen as the natural leader.

Once the revolt was put down by

the company, Bahadur Shah

Zafar was forced to leave the

kingdom, and his sons w

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