INDIAN HISTORY

HISTORY

MODERN INDIA

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Who among the following rulers of Bengal had issued a coin named Zurbe Murshedabad?
A
Mir Jafar
B
Mir Qasim
C
Murshid Quli Khan
D
Shuja-ud-Din Muhammad Khan
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Notes: Murshid Quli Khan was the First Nawab of Bengal whose reign in this capacity was from 1717 to 1727. He changed the name of Makhsusabad to Murshidabad and as soon as Farrukhsiyar acknowledged his changing the name of Makhsusabad to Murshidabad he released Zurbe Murshedabad coin, in his own new mint.

Detailed explanation-2: -Murshid Quli Khan’s grandson Sarfaraz Khan succeeded him as the ruler of Bengal.

Detailed explanation-3: -Murshid Quli Khan, the father of Bengal’s Nawabi regime. Murshid Quli Khan started his career as a provincial diwan in Bengal and ended in the early 18th century as the nazi or governor of Bengal and Orissa, diwan of Bihar and faujdar of many districts, holding all posts at the same time.

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