Why did the Nawabs of Awadh and Bengal try to do away with the jagirdari system?

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Why did the Marathas want to expand beyond the Deccan?

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How the nobles gained their control over the Mughals?

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How did the Mughals influence got reduced in Awadh region?

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How did moneylenders and bankers achieve influential position in the state of Awadh?

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How Murshid Ouli'Khan gained power in eastern India?

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How did Burhan-ul-Mulk become powerful?

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Who was the founder of Hyderabad state? How did he gained power?

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What is the Khalsa?

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Find out more about the architecture and culture associated with the new courts of any of the following Awadh, Bengal or Hyderabad.

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Collect popular tales about rulers from any one of the following groups of people: the Rajputs, Jats, Sikhs or Marathas?

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How did Burhan-ul-Mulk reduce Mughal supremacy?

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Write a short note on Peshwas, Deshmukhs and Kunbis.

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Why was the state of Hyderabad continuously engaged in struggle? What was the consequence?

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Which foreign invaders arrived in the middle of the economic and political crisis in 1739?

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