After the death of Guru Gobind Singh in 1708, the Khalsa revolted against the Mughals authority under the leadership of Barda Bahadur. In the 18th century, the sikhs organised themselves into a number of bands called Jathas and later on misls.
Ans : The three prominent states were Awadh, Bengal and Hyderabad. All these states were founded by members of the high Mughal nobility who were governors in the Mughal empire – Sa’adat Khan (Awadh), Murshid Quli Khan (Bengal) and Asaf Jah (Hyderabad.
In the 18th century English East India Company steered its way to position of political dominance. The decline of the Mughal authority gave rise to the emer- gence of a number of independent kingdoms. In this chapter we will study the emer- gence of these independent kingdoms in different parts of the country.
Answer: In the eighteenth century, the Sikhs organized themselves into a number of bands called jathas, and which later came to be known as misls. Their combined forces were known as the grand army (dal khalsa).
