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Q. Consider the following statements:
  1. During the reign of Farrukhsiyar in 1717, the British East India Company obtained duty-free trading rights in all of Bengal for an annual payment of only three thousand rupees.
  2. The son-in-law of Mir Jafar, who was made Nawab of Bengal after the Battle of Chinsura, opposed the Imperial Dastak, considering it discriminatory.
  3. Mir Kasim abolished all taxes on local traders in Bengal.
Which of the above statements is / are correct?
Answer: All are correct
Notes: All statements are correct. In 1717, Farrukhsiyar granted the Company duty-free trade in Bengal for a nominal sum. Mir Kasim, Mir Jafar’s son-in-law and Nawab after the Battle of Chinsura, opposed the discriminatory Dastak. To counter British privilege and protect Indian traders, Mir Kasim abolished all internal duties for local traders in Bengal.
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