Patna was renamed Azimabad in 1704 after which Mughal prince, who served as subahdar?
- A.Azim ush Shan
- B.Shah Shuja
- C.Murad Baksh
- D.Farrukhsiyar
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The correct answer is A, Azim ush Shan. He was a son of Bahadur Shah I and a grandson of Aurangzeb, and he governed Bihar as subahdar from Patna. In 1704 the city was renamed Azimabad after him, a name its old quarters and records still carry, and under him Patna grew as a centre of trade in saltpetre, cloth and grain.
Option B is wrong because Shah Shuja, a son of Shah Jahan, governed Bengal and had no such renaming to his credit. Option C is wrong because Murad Baksh, another son of Shah Jahan, was associated with Gujarat and the Deccan. Option D is wrong because Farrukhsiyar, a son of Azim ush Shan, became emperor in 1713 and did not give the city its name.
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View allWhat was the original name of Sher Shah Suri?
- A.Farid Khan
- B.Jalal Khan
- C.Hasan Khan
- D.Daud Khan
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He was born Farid Khan, the son of Hasan Khan, an Afghan of the Sur clan who held the jagir of Sasaram in what is now Rohtas district of Bihar.
Read the full explanation →In which battle of 1539, fought in present Buxar district of Bihar, did Sher Khan defeat Humayun?
- A.Battle of Kannauj
- B.Battle of Chausa
- C.Battle of Ghaghra
- D.Battle of Tukaroi
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It was fought on 26 June 1539 at Chausa on the Ganga, in present Buxar district of Bihar, and Sher Khan's victory broke Humayun's army; the emperor himself escaped across the river and the Mughal hold on the east collapsed.
Read the full explanation →Sher Shah's tomb, built on a platform in the middle of a tank, stands at which town of Bihar?
- A.Rohtas
- B.Sasaram
- C.Bihar Sharif
- D.Patna
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Sher Shah's tomb stands in the middle of a large tank at Sasaram in Rohtas district, the town whose jagir his father held, and it is the work of the architect Aliwal Khan; its octagonal plan, high plinth and great dome make it one of the finest Indo Islamic monuments…
Read the full explanation →Which silver coin introduced by Sher Shah Suri gave the Indian currency its present name?
- A.Tanka
- B.Dam
- C.Rupiya
- D.Jital
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Sher Shah withdrew the debased mixed coins in circulation and issued a silver rupiya of about one hundred and seventy eight grains of fixed purity, along with a copper dam, and set a rate between them.
Read the full explanation →The Sadak e Azam, the Grand Trunk Road rebuilt by Sher Shah, ran from Sonargaon in Bengal to which point?
- A.Kabul
- B.The river Indus
- C.Cambay
- D.Burhanpur
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The Sadak e Azam ran from Sonargaon in eastern Bengal through Bihar, Agra, Delhi and Lahore to the Indus in the northwest, and Sher Shah lined it with wells, shade trees and sarais.
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