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Write a brief essay on Mughals and the British East India Company

  • UPSC 1994
  • Economy and Society in the 16th and 17th Centuries

The relationship between the Mughal Empire and the English East India Company ran through three distinct phases — humble petitioning, armed testing, and finally exploitation of Mughal weakness — mirroring the empire's own trajectory from strength to decline.

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  • Establishing a Foothold under Jahangir
  • Consolidation under Shah Jahan and Early Aurangzeb
  • The Child's War (1686-90): A Reversal Attempted and Reversed
  • From Farukh Siyar to Plassey

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