French military influence in India - Gurbir Mansingh, United Service Institution of India - Google Books

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The collapse of the Mughal Empire, following the death of Aurangzeb in1707, led to a number of powers competing for the power vacuum created. Prominent among these were the English and the French. The advent of European military power into India was to…