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Question
Who were the Later Mughals? How were they responsible for the decline of the Mughal Empire?
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Solution
After Aurangzeb, the Later Mughals were, Bahadur Shah I, Mohammad Shah, Bahadur Shah Zafar etc. Due to weak administration, rivalry amongst the nobles, ascendancy of the British (East India Company in AD 1600), rivalry among the small kingdoms etc. were the several reasons of the decline of the Mughal Empire. At the end of the Mughal dynasty Bahadur Shah Zafar was exiled to Myanmar (Burma).
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