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First Nawab of Bengal

Essays

The Bigotry of Murshid Quli Khan and the Farman that Founded Kolkata

The Bigotry of Murshid Quli Khan and the Farman that Founded Kolkata

Murshid Quli Khan was a fanatical Shia who ran his administration strictly according to the diktats of the Quran

By Sandeep Balakrishna
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“The Bengal Province is being Sucked by a Double Set of Leeches!”

“The Bengal Province is being Sucked by a Double Set of Leeches!”

Murshid Quli Khan's radical Ijtara revenue system outrages the old elite of Bengal who complain to the Mughal emperor

By Sandeep Balakrishna
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