tolerance involves allowing people to do or believe what they want although your beliefs are different or you do not agree with them

the jizya was a tax which non-Muslims had to pay in Muslim-ruled countries

discrimination involves treating a person or particular group of people in a worse way from the way in which you treat other people, because of characteristics like their race or religion

a guru is a religious leader in the Sikh religion

Religious tensions in the Mughal Empire

History

The arrival of the East India Company

Challenges to Mughal rule

The growth of the East India Company as a private army

The Plassey Revolution

Mughal authority and the East India Company

In this unit, pupils investigated how the East India Company contributed to the decline of Mughal rule. This leads to ‘The British Empire: how far was it transformed in the mid-nineteenth century?’, where pupils will examine the broader transformations within the British Empire during a key period of its development.

In ‘The Mughal Empire: how important was violence to the Mughal conquests in India?’, pupils examined the role of military force in establishing and expanding Mughal rule. This unit builds on that by investigating the factors that led to the decline of Mughal authority with the rise of the East India Company.

In this unit, pupils learn about the arrival of the East India Company on the fringes of the Mughal Empire. They examine how the East India Company's power and influence grew, and how they, along with various Indian rulers, destabilised Mughal power over India.

The East India Company: when did Mughal authority collapse?

Discriminatory behaviour or images, whether on the grounds of race, gender, disability, religion or belief or sexual orientation, or otherwise.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Depiction of war, threats of war, death or the aftermath of war.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

During Aurangzeb's reign, fifteen {{}} temples were destroyed.

Aurangzeb faced considerable resistance from __________. 

In which part of India did the Hindu Jat rebellions take place?

By the end of Aurangzeb's reign, {{}}% of generals and officials were non-Muslims.

Aurangzeb supported the construction of both temples and {{ }}. 

The East India Company was primarily concerned with the trade in __________. 

The East India Company encountered trading rivalry with European powers such as the Dutch and the {{ }}. 

far up the rivers of the Indian subcontinent

The East India Company's factories were mainly positioned __________. 

The Mughal emperor Jahangir agreed to the East India Company setting up a factory in {{ }}. 

The East India used military force to attempt to take control of the area of __________. 

How successful was Child's War for the East India Company?

Religious tensions in the Mughal Empire

Lesson outcome

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