HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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Sirajuddaula
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Muhammad Shah
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Alivardi Khan
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Mir Zafar
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Detailed explanation-1: -Notes: Fatehchand was adopted son of Manik Chand. He obtained the title of “Seth” from the Emperor Farrakhsiyar. Muhammad Shah bestowed him with the title of “Jagat Seth”.
Detailed explanation-2: -One such name was Jagat Seth of Murshidabad, well known as Seth Fatehchand.
Detailed explanation-3: -Seth Manikchand, the Bengal banker whose house was anointed Jagat Seth, ruled financial markets for nearly fifty years through business acumen & political support.
Detailed explanation-4: -The family which became known as the ‘Jagat Seths’ traced its prosperity to one Hiranand Sahu, supposedly a jeweller-turned-moneylender, who apparently left his home in the Rajasthani city of Nagaur in 1650, and eventually settled in Patna, which was then a prosperous business centre.