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The fragmentation of Mughal empire into independent regional states -…
The fragmentation of Mughal empire into independent regional states
The old Mughal provinces
Awadh
Burhan-ul-mulk Sa'adat Khan was appointed subadar of Awadh and founded a state
Burhan-ul Mulk tried to decrease Mughal influence in the awadh region by reducing the number of jaghirdars appointed by the Mughals
The state depended on local bankers and Mahajan's
Bengal
Murshid Quily khan seized all the power
He transferred all Mughals jaghirdars to Orissa
Revenue was collected in cash with great strictness from all the zamindars
Hyderabad
Asaf jah brought skilled soldiers andadministraters and appointed them as mansabdars and granted jagirs
NIzam - ul - mulk asaf jah was the founder
He took all the charges of political financial administration in his hand and became actual ruler of that region.
The Sikhs
Combined forces were called dal kalsa
The Sikhs organized themselves into a numbers of bands called jathas
After guru gobind singh's death in 1708 the Khalsa rose against the Mughals athority
The Watan jagirs
Watan Jagirs were the persons who collected taxes from each village and gave them to mansabdars
and mansabdars gave the taxes to the authority.
Ajit Singh of jodhpur and sawai raja jai Singh form Amber had served under the Mughals with distinction
They were permitted to enjoy considerable autonomy in there watan jagir
Marathas
Shivaji founder of Maratha empire carved out a stable kingdom with the support of powerful worrier families (Deshmukh)
Groups of highly mobile pheasant pastoralists (Kumbis) provided the backbone of the army
Pune became the capital of Maratha kingdom