Mughal’S Murshidabad Connection: A Socio-Political Insight

Murshidabad played a significant role through the 17th and 18th century which turned the fate of the Indian history- however much of it has been fading away fast. Reconnecting people with social changes that accompanied the Mughal rule there is chosen as the subject matter of this work. It is about the governance of the Mughals which was founded by a few great emperors through their administrative acumen and foresights. They through pragmatic methods resolved the complex socio-political need of a vast country like India. This distinct approach made them unique rulers to reign for a relatively longer period and build the country that we are living in today. Mughals occupied Bengal in 1574 AD and directly governed till 1717 AD when Murshidabad became the capital. It was then that Bengal got her new identity termed ‘Nawabat’ in which Nawab was the independent ruler of the Mughal Subah. Their sozerinity was merely on paper-this was made possible by a hero named Muhammad Hadi a Mughal officer who rose from the post of a Diwan to become the first Nawab of three Mughal Subahs. Mughal’s Murshidabad Connection is about his passage into Mughal history.