Mughal Empire

While the Mughal Empire was extremely large in both size and population, it was very faulty and led to chaos in northern India, resulting in its decline and Britain’s control of India. During the rule of Aurangzeb Alamgir was the point when things started to decline. His corrupt policies and bad relationships with certain groups in India was the final event leading to the fall of an already weak empire. With all the chaos arising in the North due to succession battles, invasions, a weak ruler, and rebellion, the British decided to use this as a means of taking over such a vulnerable empire. They had already set up the East India Company, which was a trading venture that took many of India’s riches through a means of unfair trade. After the British took control of Bengal, India’s richest province, they were able to take over the rest of the country by setting up a more efficient state and government. This was the beginning of a new empire run solely