The poll title and thread title don't match. The thread title says "European" takeover, while the poll title says "British" takeover.
I feel like it could be argued that a European takeover was inevitable at the time of the Mughal collapse, but a British takeover definitely was not at that point, as there were many other powers (France, Portugal, the Netherlands) who had major holdings in India that could have out-competed the British. In fact, having a single colonial power controlling 99% of India was, IMO, the least likely outcome, with a more likely outcome being that India would be broken up into colonial spheres of influence (something between Africa and China)....