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Why did the Marathas want to expand beyond the Deccan?


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a

To reduce the Mughal influence    

b

To increase the Mughal influence    

c

To rule all over India    

d

None of the above 

answer is A.

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        To reduce the Mughal influence, the Marathas desired to expand outside the Deccan.
        By the 1720s, they had wrested Malwa and Gujarat from the Mughals, and by the 1730s, the Maratha king had established himself as the supreme ruler of the Deccan peninsula.
 
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Why did the Marathas want to expand beyond the Deccan?