subject: Indian History in Short [print this page] Similarly, in the 17th century the European present in India and it is in the latter part of this century that the Mughal Empire began to paving the way for regional states and disintegrates. After that, in the contest for supremacy, the English emerged 'victors', their rule marked by the conquests at the battlefields of Plassey and Buxar. Furthermore, The Rebellion of 1857-58, which sought to restore Indian supremacy, was crushed; and with the consequent crowning of Victoria as Empress of India, the incorporation of India into the empire was complete. Successive campaigns had the effect of driving the British out of Indian History in 1947.
