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the British Resident that his monthly allowance should not be sent directly to the Fort as he had come to know that the salatin were planning to loot it on its way. Major Cunningham, who visited the fort, after seeing the miserable condition of the salatin, observed that "The salatin quarter consists of an immense high wall so that nothing can overlook it. Within this are numerous mat huts in which these wretched objects live. When the gates were opened there was a rush of miserable, half-naked, starving beings that surrounded us. Some men apparently eighty years old were almost in a state of nature, who from earliest infancy had been shut up; other young men, sons of kings whose mothers had either died or were not in favour... other young children who had the space within these walls to look forward to as their world. The utmost allowed was a few blankets during the cold weather, distributed as if by the king, but in fact by a private charity of Seton." At one stage the East India Company tried to solve the problems of the salatin and proposed to open a college within the premises of the fort to educate them in order to appoint them in the service of the Company. The plan was dropped on the consideration that if they could not get jobs, they would create more problems for the Company. Therefore, it was decided that they should be left where they were. W. H. Sleeman in Rambles and Reflections of an Indian Official writes "Better let them shift for themselves, and quietly sink among the crowd. They could only become rallying points for the dissatisfaction and multitude sources of disaffection everywhere doing mischief, and nowhere doing well. Let loose upon society, 26
they everywhere disgust people by their insolence and knavery, against which we are every day required to protect the people by our interference; ... they will sink by and by into utter insignificance." The Revolt of 1847 changed the history of the Mughal dynasty. Two of the sons of Bahadur Shah were killed by Hudson. The youngest one, Jawan Bakht, was exiled along with the emperor. Prince Firuz, another son, took refuge in Makkah; Prince Fakhruddin was injured in 1857 and spent the rest of his life as a pauper in the city of Delhi. The last emperor died in 1852 at Rangoon. The rest of the salatin left the fort and after wandering from one place to another finally disappeared in the crowd. From time to time some individuals and families claim to be the descendants of the royal family, but nobody takes notice of their claim or provide them any privilege or concession. If at all they belong to the great Mughals, they have lost all glamour and glory which was associated with the family. Now, they are simply commoners. History teaches us the lesson that those who rely on noble lineage and depend on income from inherited property for a living end up in poverty and misery. 27
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Page 16 and 17: Death of the Institutions There is
Page 18 and 19: eluctantly surrendered to the regio
Page 20 and 21: Dynastic Rule The Mughal dynasty, w
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Page 24 and 25: The Salatin The term Salatin was us
Page 28 and 29: Story of a Mughals The descendents
Page 30 and 31: treated well by Nawab Asifud Dowla
Page 32 and 33: Financial Condition of The Later Mu
Page 34 and 35: meet the expenses. The Red Fort was
Page 36 and 37: Manners and Society Manners and soc
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Page 40 and 41: The Etiquette of Mughal Court Mugha
Page 42 and 43: told the emperor that he should not
Page 44 and 45: Decadence of the Mughal Nobility Th
Page 46 and 47: had the titles of Amin or A`timad o
Page 48 and 49: Nobility on the Decline One of the
Page 50 and 51: As most of the state officials were
Page 52 and 53: Of Sadists and Savages Eighteen cen
Page 54 and 55: a while he awoke and rebuked the pr
Page 56 and 57: which he killed Farrukhsiyar`s fath
Page 58 and 59: Abdullah Khan, who was on his way t
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Page 62 and 63: whenever political candidates attem
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Page 66 and 67: This culture had a deep impact on t
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Page 70 and 71: Although Sharar glamorised the feud
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their dues but also promised some e
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The Looting Soldiers Although the s
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example, when Jaswantrao Hulker, th
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converted to Christianity along wit
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Her career fully reflects the decli
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any state or ruler and organised th
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down their arms; some of them compr
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In 1794, he got an opportunity when
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people hid their wealth temporarily
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were adopted to force payment. Once
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now he wanted a peaceful life. Ther
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from Hamuz to Thana in India and ha
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Europeans. As their eating and drin
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were employed from 1784 to 1903 by
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Singh had to sign a contract that a
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starve and die in poverty. Taking a
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lives in peace. Whatever they got a
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person. An English officer Col. Sle
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language, as well as the local lang
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a Muslim woman with a Christian man
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conversion from Islam to Christiani
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country to earn a good living. The
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the past years. According to him th
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his guards. It became customary for
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Indianisation of the British As the
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available to the rich, one can unde
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political power, those who came to
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The complete break up between these
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French to resolve their internal di
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The Custom House When European trad
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the Portuguese that they even learn
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India and it`s after effects. They
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affairs of the country was in the S
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the traders. They were attached to
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Company, which had by this time bec
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