Ans: The Mughal empire nearly toppled after Aurangzeb’s death as he was the last in the line of powerful Mughal rulers. Aurangzeb was successful in establishing control over a significant portion of North India. After his demise, subadars and big zamindars of the empire started fighting to establish their superiority and divided the land. They created smaller regional kingdoms that were constantly at war with each other. Soon after, the British acquired control of the land.