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The economy of the Mughal Empire revolved around agriculture and trade.

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The Mughal Empire began during the year of 1526 and was started and founded by a man named Bubur(1483 - 1530). Bubur brought both the Hindu and Muslim kingdoms under empire and territory.

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The government of the Mughal Empire was a highly centralised bureaucracy.

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The EEIC moved its headquarters to Bombay in 1687, when local political pressure at Surat became too intense and required a move.

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The EEIC had begun seizing ships of their European competitors and therefore damaging Mughal trade.

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Under Aurangzeb’s reign, the empire became the world’s largest economy, holding almost a quarter of the world’s gross domestic product, although it was at the same time failing.

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The production of desirable agricultural goods, and the taxes on those goods, made the Mughal economy soar.

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The bureaucracy had grown excessively corrupt, and the huge army demonstrated outdated weaponry and tactics.

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When the great Mughal leader Aurangzeb died in 1707, the empire that had controlled most of India for 180 years quickly fell apart and dissolved into many smaller independent states, which were then picked off by the English.

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During the 1670s the empire started to weaken, after a revolt by the Pashtuns caused it to lose control over present-day Afghanistan. The death of Aurangzeb in 1707 led to increased rebellions, power struggles, and threats from neighboring kingdoms. After that the empire slowly broke into small territories and started to crumble.

In 1739, the Persian King Nadir Shah invaded India and defeated the Mughal army under Emperor Muhammad Shah. The Mughal emperor was forced to surrender to the Persians, who based themselves in Delhi and took all its treasures.

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Following the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, a Delhi Durbar was held in 1903 in honor of the crowning of King Edward VII(1841–1910) as the new emperor of India. A temporary tent city and railway were built for the event, which included two weeks of festivities, including fireworks, exhibitions, dances, parades, and banquets.

The Great Game finally ended with the signing of the Anglo-Russian Convention in 1907. Under this agreement, Britain agreed to stay out of northern Persia, and Russia promised to stay away from Tibet, Afghanistan, and southern Persia.