Emergence of new states after Mughal EMpire

With decline in the authority of the Mughal emperors , the governors of large provinces , subadars , and the great zamindars consolidated their authority in diffirent parts of the subcontinent. The states of the period after Mughal empire can be divided into :

1. States which were old Mughal provinces like Awadh , Bengal and Hyderabad. Although extremely powerful and quite independent , the rulers of these states did not break their formal ties with the Mughal emperor.
2. States that enjoyed considerable independence under the Mughals as Watan Jagirs. These included several Rajput principalities.
3. The last group included states under the control of Marathas , Sikhs and others like Jats. These of were differing sizes and seized their independance from the Mughals after a long-dawn armed struggle.