In the name of which among the following Mughal emperors, the East India Company struck the first coins in India?
Q. In the name of which among the following Mughal emperors, the East India Company struck the first coins in India?
Answer: Farrukhsiyar
Notes: The Farrukhsiyar royal farman of 1717 had allowed the company to mint its own coins. Thus, he was the Mughal King in whose name, East India Company minted its own coins.

 

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