Causes Of The Fall Of Mughal Empire

The downfall of the Mughal Empire started with the death of Aurangzeb in 1707. His death marked the end of a Mughal era in India. The empire was the largest in India at the time of his death, yet it the Mughal empire falls. Aurangzeb death followed by a war of throne among his three sons which ended up by the victory of his third son Bahadur Shah. The downfall stated with the Aurangzeb’s religious policy. Aurangzeb turn off the support of the Hindus by committing all sorts of cruelty on them. He imposed Jizya on the Hindus in India. The Rajputs and Brahmans also have to give the Jizya even they were not spared. He allowed only those people as the officers of the state who were prepared to embrace Islam. He gives the order of banning on building …show more content…
The victory of Nadir Shah at Delhi and the repeated invasions by Ahmed Shah Abdali on Delhi earned them a huge booty. Their invasion or attacked showed the world about the weakness of the Mughal army. After these invasion and attacks the people lost complete faith in the capabilities of the Mughal army.
The Mughals neglected the development of navy which was “the last nail in coffin” for them. They did not pay any attention in the coast line of Bengal or the south India, may be they think the sea power is not necessarily to rule the land. This mistake by the Mughals were well used by the Europeans who came to India by sea, established their trading company and then establish their mastery over …show more content…
They were outdated and they do not know about where they are making mistakes and how to tackle the mistakes which had been previously made. Till the Aurangzeb, all the Mughal emperors were ruling because of their military skills and after the Aurangzeb the majority of the emperors were the muppets of their wazirs, they do not have the courage to stand or make their own