Multiple choice

When the english first established their factory at Hugli, who among the following issued a farman granting the company the privilege of trading in return for a fixed annual payment of duties worth Rs. 3,000?

  1. Aurangzeb

  2. Azim-us-Shan

  3. Shaista Khan

  4. Shuja

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D Correct answer
Explanation

In 1651, Prince Shuja, the governor of Bengal, granted the English the privilege of trading in Bengal in return for a fixed annual payment of Rs. 3,000, known as the 'Nishan'.