After Saadat Khan, *Safdarjung* became the king who was an impartial ruler &
carried out many reforms & was made the wazir of mughal empire. Shuja-ud-Daula
succeded him to throne. He was also made the wazir of mughal empire but he sided
with Ahmad Shah Abdali in the Third Battle of Panipat.
Bengal
Murshid Quli Khan was an able ruler. Later his son in law Shuja-ud-din & his son
Sarfaraz came in that order. Sarfaraz was defeated by Alivardi Khan of Bihar. Later
Alivardi Khan was defeated by Raghuji Bhonsle & forced him to surrender Orissa.
After the death of Alivardi khan his grandson Siraj-ud-daula tool over who lost to
Britishers under Lord Clive.
Hyderabad
Nizam-ul-mulk Asaf Jah founded the state of Hyderabad in 1724.
Mysore &
Since the downfall of the Vijaynagar empire Wodeyar dynasty was ruling. But in
Haider Ali
the 18th century two minister Nanjaraj & Devaraj usurped power early reducing the
King Krishna Raj to a puppet. Haider Ali rose to become the Commander-in-Chief
of the Mysore army & became the sultan after Nanjraj’s death. He was defeated by
Peshwa Madhav Rao.
Tipu Sultan
He defeated the combined forces of Marathas & Nizam in 1787 & soon after
claimed himself Padshah at Seringapattam. He attempted to reduce the custom of
jagirs& hereditary possession of poligars (small chieftans). He was a staunch
muslim. He donated money to hindus but later got the temples abolished.
Travancore
Martanda Verma
Rajput States
Marwar (Ajit Singh), Amer (Sawai Jai Singh)
Rohilkhand
Area between Agra & Awadh. Muhammad Khan Bangash ruled who was defeated
by Maharana Chhatrasal of Bundelkhand with the help of Marathas.
Sikhs
Ruler of one of the 12 Misls called Sukarchakiya. He with the help of his brave
commander Hari Singh Nalwa won Multan, Kashmir & Peshawar.
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