Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c59.s3.22

v4.c59.s3.22

But not immediately after. The beneficent action of this change in India's destiny was at first delayed for 20 years. England was engaged in a death-grapple with Nepoleon from 1803 to 1815, and thereafter followed years of unrest and people's suffering at home before Britain's life could return to the normal. In India, too, Marquess Wellesley's lightning successes at the end of 1803 were followed by a very great set-back and a temporary reversal of his policy. It was only after the Marquis of Hastings had completed Wellesley’s unfinished task in 1818 that British imperialism in India found its feet.