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Bahadur Shah I, Mughal Emperor, 19 June 1707 – 27 February 1712; Muhammad Azam Shah, self-proclaimed Mughal Emperor, 14 March 1707 – 8 June 1707; Sukhrungphaa, King of the Ahom kingdom, 1696–1714; Dost Mohammad of Bhopal, Nawab of Bhopal State, 1707-1728; Bhagatsimhji Udaisimhji, Thakur Sahib of Wadhwan State, 1681–1707
India is a federal constitutional republic governed under a parliamentary system consisting of 28 states and 8 union territories. [1] All states, as well as the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Puducherry and the National Capital Territory of Delhi, have elected legislatures and governments, both patterned on the Westminster model. The ...
It comprised the realms of the Peshwa and four major independent Maratha states [14] [15] often subordinate to the former. It was established in 1674 with the coronation of Shivaji as the Maratha Chhatrapati and recognised by Emperor Bahadur Shah I as a tributary state in 1707 following a prolonged rebellion. [16]
Pataliputra: Capital of the Magadha Empire under the following dynasties: Nanda dynasty Maurya dynasty Gupta dynasty. Pataliputra also served as the capital of the Pala Empire for a brief period. Begram and Mathura: Summer and winter capitals respectively of the Kushan Empire; Dharanikota near Amaravati and Pratishthānapura: Capitals of ...
Map of the Mughal Empire at its greatest extent, under Aurangzeb C.1707 [21]. The Mughal Empire has often been called the last golden age of India. [22] [23] It was founded in 1526 by Babur of the Barlas clan, after his victories at the First Battle of Panipat and the Battle of Khanwa, against the Delhi Sultanate and Rajput Confederation, respectively.
The East India Company officers lived lavish lives, the company finances were in shambles, and the company's effectiveness in India was examined by the British crown after 1858. As a result, the East India Company lost its powers of government and British India formally came under direct Crown control, with an appointed Governor-General of ...
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Delhi has been an important political centre of India as the capital of several empires. [1] The recorded history of Delhi begins with the 8th century Tomar Rajput dynasty. [2] [3] It is considered to be a city built, destroyed and rebuilt several times, as outsiders who successfully invaded the Indian subcontinent would ransack the existing capital city in Delhi, and those who came to conquer ...