67 Mughal Empire on the wane

British and French vying with one another

एक दुखी परिवार - 67

By the 1740s , rivalry between the British and the French (who were late comers to Indian trade) was becoming acute. 

In southern India , the British and the French allied with opposed political factions , within the successor states to the Mughals , to extract gains for their own companies and to weaken the position of their opponents. Private ambitions were also involved. Great personal rewards were promised to the European commanders who succeeded in placing their Indian clients on the thrones for which they were contending.

 A successful kingmaker, like Robert Clive, could become prodigiously rich.All this was pure business. 

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