HISTORY
MODERN INDIA
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Question
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Jahangir
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Farrukhsiyar
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Muhammad Shah
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Jahandar Shah
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Detailed explanation-1: -Q. In the name of which among the following Mughal emperors, the East India Company struck the first coins in India? Notes: The Farrukhsiyar royal farman of 1717 had allowed the company to mint its own coins. Thus, he was the Mughal King in whose name, East India Company minted its own coins.
Detailed explanation-2: -19 August 1757 The first Rupee coin was minted in Kolkata by the East India Company.
Detailed explanation-3: -Complete answer: Farrukh-Siyar became the Mughal Emperor from 1713-1719 once he murdered Jahandar Shah. He was the son of Azim-ush-Shan and Sahiba Nizwan. During his reign, in 1717, he issued a Farman which gave the British East India company the right to trade freely except for an annual payment of 3000 rupees.