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Originally posted by: Rashmi81

Entering as traders

When the East India Company came to India in the early 1600s, India was ruled by the Mughals. They were a land-based culture (originating from Uzbekistan and later getting foothold in Afghanistan) and unlike some of the ancient Indian rulers, didn't appreciate the importance of the seas or a navy. Like the Dothrakis of Game of Thrones, they had immense superiority over land, but feared the oceans.

Thus, the benevolent Mughal Emperor Jahangir had no issues providing trading ports in Indian coast to the East India Company (world's first major corporation). He had little appreciation for why these strange Europeans were building stuff in deserted beaches. Within the next 150 years, European companies were all over the Indian coast, busy trading and accumulating profits, growing navies.

Both Jahangir and his son Shah Jahan were busy with other stuff - like building the Taj Mahal and enjoying the fruits of one of the richest empires on earth. The peace they provided to the subcontinent and the rousing economic growth dramatically aided the East India Company.

Enter Aurangzeb

In the middle 1600s, India was taken over by last of the mighty Mughals - Aurangzeb. He was a brutal guy. When an English pirate attacked ships from Mecca, he got brutal and closed all the East India Company bases - Child's War. Soon the company asked for pardon and left to get back to their bases.

The company realized that they have to wait for Aurangzeb to leave as he was too powerful for them. He had consolidated most of India by then.

In 1707, a big breakthrough came in the form of Aurangzeb's death. Although his son Bahadur Shah was a better man, he was dead within 5 years of taking the throne. There were 5 emperors in the 10 years after Aurangzeb's death - each betrayed by those closest to him. This made the empire fragile. This was the time for the Hindus to hit back. One of the key empires that emerged from the 17th century was the Marathas, based in Western India.

Within a short span of 2 decades after Aurangzeb's death, the Marathas would overrun all of India. This was a period of big confusion as the Marathas had little time to set up bases and many of the local rulers were still loyal to the Mughals. The switch of allegiance was not swift and there was a lot of hard arm-fighting. This was the period when European companies - French and English for the most part - were starting to flex their arms. The Marathas mostly ignored them and tried to grab whatever they could in the short span of time. The excessive ambition of Marathas would eventually destroy them.

Originally posted by: elasingh

Has twitter look changed Rashmi?

Originally posted by: history_geek

Yes.

He was from Alwar. He used Rolls Royce Cars to sweep the waste of his city (Alwar, Rajasthan) in order to take revenge from the British authorities who had humiliated him.

The idea was to use that thing for the most menial purpose which was cherished by the British that time ---> "Rolls Royce Car" .

Later, they asked pardon from him. :-P

PS : Alwar Rajputs are offshoots of Kachawaha Clan of Amer. :)

Originally posted by: elasingh

I feel sorry for Moti bai...What will happen to her when Jodha dies?

Originally posted by: SindhuMenon

did Moti Bhai really exists in history or Just in serial.