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Who were the officers of Mughals?

Who were the officers of Mughals?

Mughals and Daudnagar Recently I had a chance travel through a small town of Daudnagar in Bihar, about 100 kms from Patna. I was not planning to visit that place but found out that it had a fort built between 1664 to 1673 by Daud Khan and  his grandson Ahmed Khan  and we went inside the town to see this place. Now like other places in Bihar even this place is in a dilapidated condition that you can see in…

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Jagat Seth or Banker of the World

Jagat Seth or Banker of the World

The Beginnings Indian history has many stories and that of the Jagat Seth one of the most interesting with many twists and turns.  Hiranand Sahu was a jeweller turned money lender from Nagaur, Rajasthan from the Gailarha family of the tribe of Oswals, who moved to Patna in search of better prospects around 1650. He started as a banker and trader of Saltpetre. Patna and a neighboring town Chapra were the center for the refining of Saltpetre, an essential ingredient…

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