Read this article to learn about the causes for decline and fall of Aurangzeb’s Mughal Empire. It was March 4, 1707, a Jumma Day, in the fiftieth year of his reign when he was eighty-nine, Aurangzeb 'Alamgir breathed his last after finishing his usual morning prayer. It was a fateful day in Mughal history, for it marked the end of [...]
Crisis of the Mughal Empire: Aurangzeb (1658-1707): We know that Aurangzeb had enthroned himself on July 21 1658 after his occupation of Agra. But he held his second enthronement after his success in the battles of Khajwa and Deorai, on May 15, 1659 after entering Delhi in a grand procession. There were prolonged rejoicings, and lavish expenditure was incurred to [...]
Origin: Mansabdari was a system of army and civil services introduced by Akbar in place of the Jagirdari system. Strictly speaking Akbar was not the originator of this system. It was originally a system introduced by 'Khalifa' Abba Saiyed and thereafter imported into India. Akbar introduced several changes in this system. This system was the pillar of the Mughal administration. [...]