| Bihar | 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. | |||||