What is meant by the term Mughal Empire? / The British East India Company?

The Mughal Empire was the largest state in the subcontinent of India.The Mughals,a Timurid Muslim dynasty from Persia,had invaded in the early 16th century and gradually conquered much of India.





The British East India Company was a private trading company that had controlled trade between England and India from the early 17th century.Between 1757 and 1849 they gradually took over the administration of the whole of the Indian subcontinent.After the Indian Mutiny of 1857-1858,the East India Company was dissolved,and the British government took over direct rule of India from London.