UPSC History Expansion Company and Bengal Nawabs Question Bank British Establishment and Regional Powers

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    Which one of the following Mughal emperors gave an important Fir man to the English of facilitating their trade in India?

    A)  Bahadur Shah I

    B)  Bahadur Shah II

    C)  Shah Alam II

    D)  Farrukhsiyar

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

     Farrukhsiyar gave an important Firman to the English for facilitating their trade in India. It was during Farrukhsiyar's reign, in 1717, that the British East India Company purchased duty-free trading rights in all of Bengal for a mere three thousand rupees a year 


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