Multiple choice

Who released Shahu, the grandson of Shivaji, from the imprisonment of Aurangzeb?

  1. Bahadur Shah

  2. Mohammad Ali

  3. Kartar Singh Ssarabha

  4. Auranzeb

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Explanation

After Aurangzeb's death in 1707, his successor Bahadur Shah I released Shahu (Shivaji's grandson) from prison to create division among the Marathas. This was a political strategy to weaken the unified Maratha resistance.

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