British Agricultural Revolution

They had intense competition between the regions, and they were losing.

The market dynamics led to the British Agricultural Revolution, making huge leaps in crop rotation and infrastructure to reduce labor costs.

Agriculture was still the source of India's biggest economic output, but it was stagnating and their competitive position in the world began to slip.

And as the British Empire became stronger and stronger, they began expanding it around the world, pushing into new territories and eventually into India.