The Mogul empire had ruled over the subcontinent of India previously known as Hindustan and parts of what is now known as Afghanistan and Pakistan. The empire was started by a Timurid leader named Zahir ud-Din mahammad known to his people as Barbur in 1526. The Timurid were a muslim dynasty of Mongolian people established by the Central Asian warlord Timurid. Barbur defeated the last sultans of Delhi at the battle of Panipat.
In 1746 the French seized the city of Madras from British control and conflict began between the two countries. This was the beginning of a seven year war in which neither country gave up. Both French and British army's began to march on Indian soil which did not bode well with the mogul rulers.
When the Mogul viceroy in Hyderabad died he was to be succeeded by one of his sons. The problem was that both the French and the English tried to persuade each son to be on their side. Suddenly each side was fighting for which candidate would succeed their father. The turning point began in 1751 when Robert Clive seized control from the French army in Arcot for 7 weeks. This act helped the British in many ways one of those was that their candidate to succeed their father and won, they also changed the view of the French army in Indian eyes because up until then the French had an upper hand ever since they took over the madras from the British.
This feuding went on till the end of the century until Bengal’s leader Siraj-ud-Daula took over British settlements in 1756 and held the people captive for days. To recover Calcutta from this big blow, Robert Clive sailed north from Madras in October 1756. After little time the British had gained back control of Calcutta in January 1757. But Robert Clive took it a little further and aimed to replace Siraj-ud-Daula with a man named Mir Jafar and succeeded when he defeat the Bengal leaders army in 1757 at the Battle of Plassey. For the next three years Robert Clive virtually ruled the rich province of Bengal, using Mir Jafar as his political puppet.
After his defeat of the French and the defeat of Siraj-ud-Daula, Robert Clive left India to his abundant wealth in 1760. He is one of the first people to have earned his wealth from bribes while administering Indian affairs.
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My topic, colonial india, connects to your topic because they were happening during the same time in India. The British who colonized India were also fighting with the Moguls. Robert Clive, the Magor General of the East India company, fought the French in Arcot over which side the son who would secced his father would be on. During the fights of the British and French, the Moguls were always in the middle. In my reaserch I found that the French convinced the Moguls to side with them and attach the British during the seige of Arcot.
Hello,
my topic, the opium war, is relevant to yours, as the British were involved in fighting the opium war. The British must have been somewhat ambitious, since they were at war with every conceivable country, but seemed to enjoy fighting with most of Asia.
During the opium war, the British wanted to continue the opium trade with China, so they fought for their right to get wasted. They eventually defeated the Qing Dynasty with superior weapons and tactical knowledge. The Chinese agreed to the treaty of Nanking and ports in China were opened to British trade.
Seizing control and power is visible in the Meiji Restoration. The emperor gets overthrown, replaced, and then after that the former emperor is restored! Unbelievable! The Meiji Restoration has a lot to do with power and who has that power. So does the Mogul Empire.
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~Katherine
Hi,
My topic was The Qing Dynasty. I connect to yours because the British colonized both India and China. We were both influenced by the British! (And our countries influenced eachother, because we were neighbors.)
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