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Synopsis History is a continuous flow from the beginning to the end as such it is very difficult to divide it into any water tight compartments. But still historians have tried to divide it into/ancient, medieval and modern periods. In India the modern period begun in the 18 century and after 1707 when last Great Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb breathed his last with the passing of Aurangzeb the old edifice begun to crumble giving place to new ideas and new institutions. Old powers began to weaken and many new powers began to merge on the political horizon of India. The ever changing panorama over shadowed the medieval period and heralded the dawn of modern period, especially with the coming the Europeans to India. Then she made rapid strides towards the modern period. The modern period in India generally counted between 18 century to 1947 A.D.