Rise and Fall of Mughal Empire - SST, Class 7 Video Lecture

go morning enjoy good morning students
here's an interesting news for you all
the audition date for the history play
competition held every independence day
has come
Wow what's your topic this year the
topic for your class is 18th century
political formations in India 18th
century I think that's the time when the
Mughals started losing their hold and
the British power was rising absolutely
the play will depict the breaking down
of the Mughal Empire I am writing down
the characters on the board so that you
can take your time and decide which role
you want to audition for yay
finally it's recess time I just couldn't
wait more to discuss the history play
auditions so have you all decided which
row to audition for I have decided I
want to play the role of the Royal
Mughal Emperor ah the Mughal emperors
were just nominal heads I rather be one
of the super darts who controls the
Mughal emperors what are you saying
Mughal emperors who aren't just nominal
heads how can we forget the commanding
rulers like Albert Jahangir whom are you
an orangeade I agree that the Mughal
Emperor still or unsaved had control
over their Nobles however the later
Mughal emperors weren't as efficient and
hence the Empire faced numerous
administration problems
what kind of administration problems I
read in a comic book on Mughal history
that the governors are Subedar we're in
charge of the Revenue and military
administration that is Devaney and false
dari this gave them a stronghold of
political economic and military affairs
of the region that's right in fact the
tsuba dismissed
the economic powers they even stopped
sending back the revenue to the Emperor
which was to happen from time to time
Wow you seem to know a lot of Mughal
history swathi where did you learn so
much Oh actually my brother was working
on a project on Mughal history last week
he kept me involved in the entire
project that's how I ended up learning
so much hmm that's interesting I have
been wondering how come there was such a
drastic downfall after Oran zebes rule
the moving emperors after Aurangzeb were
unable to control the increasing power
of the sous vide ours the political and
economic power gradually shifted from
the Mughal emperor to the governor's
local chiefs and other grooms that
reminds me I was watching this show on
Discovery Channel yesterday which spoke
about the decline of the Mughal Empire
it mentioned emperor Aurangzeb as one of
the major reasons for the decline of the
Mughal Empire emperor Aurangzeb how was
he responsible for the decline towards
the end of the 17th century emperor
Aurangzeb had depleted the military and
financial resources of his empire by
fighting a long wall in the Deccan does
the Mughal Empire had already weakened
by then hearing all this I am all the
more confused about the character to
audition for JC the 10 to 15 minutes for
the break to end why don't you do a
quick visit to the library and read up a
little it might just help you I think
that's a great idea
thank Swati I'll rush to the library
with such less time in hand what better
than to learn from the renowned Mughal
emperor Aurangzeb himself hi I'm Jessie
my friends and I were discussing the
breaking down of the Mughal
administration I wanted to know more
about it and what better could I wish
for then meeting emperor Aurangzeb
himself hi JC it's nice to know that you
and your friends are interested in
learning about the Mughal history how
can I help you I know that there was a
gradual shift in power from the Mughal
emperors to the nobles and how the war
in the Deccan weakened the Mughal Empire
I'd like to know more about the reasons
for the decline of such a strong Empire
since you have mentioned about the
nobles you should know that they were
divided into two major groups the Iran
ease and Durrani's oh that's interesting
for the Iran ease the name is
self-explanatory but who are these to
Ronnies the trannys where the nobles of
Turkish descent but let me tell you the
Mughal emperors after me had little
control on administration and we're
puppets in the hands of either of these
two powerful groups so the nobles and
the weak Mughal emperors after you was
some of the reasons behind the decline
of the mighty Mughal dynasty was there
any other reason one of the other
factors was a ruler of Iran mother Shah
he took the benefit of the Mughal
dynasty's weakness and raided Delhi in
1700 and 39 to add insult to the injury
he took away a great amount of the
Mughal wealth that must have been a
major blow for the Mughal Empire it
certainly was but that wasn't the end of
humiliation the Mughals further faced a
series of plundering
it's by the Afghan ruler Ahmad Shah
Abdali he invaded North India five times
between seventeen hundred and
forty-eight and seventeen hundred and
sixty one the recess is over I have to
go back to class now but before that I
want to thank you for sharing such
valuable information now I'm sure I want
to play an early Mughal Emperor I should
rush now or else I shall lose all my
part to my mighty teacher
you