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sare jahan ka dard akele hum nahi utha sakte .
There was a country called "India" in 1764? Where exactly?
Where is India. I even used my spectacles and I can't see it?View attachment 598737
In 1764 India was ripe for the picking.
The Mughal Empire, which had ruled much of the region for the past two centuries, had shattered. The various smaller states that arose in its place were relatively weak, both militarily and economically. Recent advances in artillery and infantry techniques had given Europeans a significant edge on the battlefield, as had been demonstrated only a few years earlier when the French dealt a number of crushing defeats to the Nawab of Carnatic.
The British East India Company observed all this with a curious eye, and after evicting the French from the region, had a mind to take a more active role in the subcontinent (having previously been largely restricted to trade concessions).
The spark for outright conquest came from India, when the Jagat Seth bankers of Bengal, being fed up with the cruelty of the Nawab, invited (and financed) the British invasion. Their reasoning, not unfounded, being that the British were the least-worst option for providing a stable, business-friendly environment.
In response to British incursion came a triple alliance, described as the, “last gasp” of the Mughals, which included the Nawab of Bengal, Nawab of Awadh, and Mughal remnants under Shah Alam. The conflict that followed was a close-run affair, but the British ultimately emerged victorious and annexed the Bengal region (then the richest province in India).
Over the next 100 years the British East India Company would conquer the remaining states across India, often doing so by exploiting rivalries between adversarial Indian rulers. While local polities quickly closed the military gap and acquitted themselves well on the battlefield (the Mysore Sultans and Sikh Empire earning particular praise from the British), the economic gap only widened, and ultimately, guaranteed the Company’s success.
British rule would last until 1947, only being seriously threatened in the 1857 rebellion, during which North-Indians attempted to oust the British and reinstall the Mughals under, “Emperor” Bahdur Shah Zafur (who was only a ceremonial figurehead at this point).
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Some parts of the map may be incorrect, but the OP must be given credit for dispelling the myth that Muslims ruled the majority of the subcontinent until the British. The map does correctly show that the Marathas controlled the majority of the subcontinent until the second Anglo-Maratha war, with the main Muslim powers being the Durranis of the Northwest and the Nizam of hyderabad. Important to note though that the Nizam himself was paying tribute to the marathas.
@Joe Shearer @Nilgiri
The Marathas ruled Odisha until the British. In north India, the Mughals became tributaries/puppets of the Marathas.
If it floats your Hindutva boat - then why not?
What is the meaning of this phrase?
The phrase 'Borgi elo deshey' refers to Maratha thugs.
'Borgi' is a nickname for Maratha dacoits, raiders and plunderers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bargi
'Elo deshey' means 'arrived in the country'.
Up to the early fifties, 'Borgi elo deshey' used to be used as a nursery rhyme for young children to scare them to sleep. Interestingly, the nursery song talks about the inability to pay taxes to the Borgis (Marathas) which at the time meant death.
We must appreciate that the Hindutva boat floats very well, because it is powered by a very efficient high-energy liquid fuel.
How dare you make fun of Gau Mutra, which is climbing higher and higher evermore in the holy estimation of science?
Now Sanghis have started refining it, which in concentrated form can be substituted for nuclear fission material! Pakistan's end-of-days is near. Repent now!
I was reading 18th century British books of the Indus Region and they lightly referred to a proposed pact between the Sindhis, Baloch, Pashtuns and Sikhs against the British, brought forward by the Sindhis. Though only the Baloch responded to a limited extent and they did send troops for the defense of Sindh against the British invasion. The Sikhs and Pashtuns had their own issues and did not trust each other.Would have been great if afghan and pak durani lands were one..
Yes, a language not native to Pakistan and only spoken by 8% of the population as their mother-tongue.Yet you are able to speak the Hindustani language which I too understand. An Indian language.
North India is the region longest ruled by the Mughals, not modern-day Pakistan.The only part of India ruled by Mughals for 1000 years was modern-day Pakistan
India is not an indigenous name, it is solely a geographic term invented by foreigners. You can thank Herodotus for why the entirety of South Asia is referred to as India, he popularized the term as he stated that all lands East of Persia was 'Indika', this is because he had little knowledge of the region. In his maps, you will see that his 'India' is in fact the Indus Region, modern-day India did not exist in his map.the name India also broadly describes what is now called the Subcontinent.
Gandhara stretched from Eastern Afghanistan to Northern Punjab, what about it?Think of the ancient region called Gandhara which sits now in Peshawar.
I was reading 18th century British books of the Indus Region and they lightly referred to a proposed pact between the Sindhis, Baloch, Pashtuns and Sikhs against the British, brought forward by the Sindhis. Though only the Baloch responded to a limited extent and they did send troops for the defense of Sindh against the British invasion. The Sikhs and Pashtuns had their own issues and did not trust each other.
The author here references that had this pact gone through, it would have brought disastrous consequences for the British.
Yes, a language not native to Pakistan and only spoken by 8% of the population as their mother-tongue.
North India is the region longest ruled by the Mughals, not modern-day Pakistan.
India is not an indigenous name, it is solely a geographic term invented by foreigners. You can thank Herodotus for why the entirety of South Asia is referred to as India, he popularized the term as he stated that all lands East of Persia was 'Indika', this is because he had little knowledge of the region. In his maps, you will see that his 'India' is in fact the Indus Region, modern-day India did not exist in his map.
Once South Asia was further explored by Greeks, they had tried differentiate modern-day India with the Indus Region by using a separate term for North India known as ' Gangaridai ' named after the Ganges. But by then, the term 'India' had already stuck.
Gandhara stretched from Eastern Afghanistan to Northern Punjab, what about it?
English, Urdu, Punjabi and which else ??
What is Lahori ??
And well, Urdu / Hindustani was a contribution of the Mughals, no doubt
Other than that, there was food, probably music, and a syncretic culture ( Akbar and his Hindu wife comes to mind ).
So yes, I change my earlier view to now say that the Mughals did contribute to something in India. But still, Tipu Sultan was different.
You don't seem to know that I am a Muslim.
I agree.
I was only responding to blitzkreig's notion that he does not have anything to do with India's history.
I think you are right.
The later language called Urdu was a mixture of Khariboli, Farsi, Arabic and Turkic. At least that is what I think. Correct me if I am wrong.
Lahore is where the journey of Urdu began.And that journey ended in Delhi and Lucknow.
Gandhara stretched from Eastern Afghanistan to Northern Punjab, what about it?
India must be partitioned once again.Some people do not want Hindus to enjoy ruling their own land for even 100 years after a thousand years.. that's so bad!