The work Siyar-ul-Mutakherin, which describes the Battle of Plassey, 1757, was written by
- A.Salabat Jung
- B.Qasim Khan
- C.Ghulam Husain
- D.Ram Mohan Roy
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The correct answer is C, Ghulam Husain. Siyar-ul-Mutakherin, meaning 'Review of Modern Times', was written in Persian by Syed Ghulam Husain Khan Tabatabai and completed around 1781. Ghulam Husain belonged to a noble family linked to the Nawabs of Bengal, so he wrote as an insider about the decline of Mughal power, the rule of Alivardi Khan and Siraj-ud-Daulah, the Battle of Plassey in 1757 and the rise of the East India Company. He was openly critical of the Company's servants for their arrogance and greed, which makes the book a valuable Indian view of the early colonial period. It was soon translated into English and is still widely used by historians of eighteenth-century Bengal. Option A is wrong because Salabat Jung was a Nizam of Hyderabad, not a historian. Option B is wrong because Qasim Khan is not the author of this work. Option D is wrong because Raja Ram Mohan Roy was born in 1772 and is known for social reform, not for this chronicle. Exam tip: Siyar-ul-Mutakherin, Ghulam Husain Tabatabai, Plassey and the fall of the Bengal Nawabs.
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