In fact, turning the pages of history, when Nawab Murshid Quli Jafar Khan shifted his kingdom from Dhaka to a district in Bengal, now known as Murshidabad, after his name, he facilitated the ...

After the line of Murshid Quli Khan, the Nawab of Bengal, was overthrown and supplanted by Alivardi Khan in 1740, one of the generals of the former, Mir Habib, came to Nagpur and sought Raghuji-I’s ...

Widely believed to be named after Murshid Quli Khan (1660-1727), the first independent Nawab of Bengal (1717-1727), Bihar and Odisha, this town by the river Bhagirathi, has in fact an older origin ...

Jangipur, Shamsherganj and Sutti towns of Murshidabad, once the capital of Nawabs like Murshid Quli Khan, Aliwardi Khan and Siraj ud Daulah, has been burning for the past one week with a section ...

On the other hand, Punyah, a festival marking the annual settlement of land revenue, was first started by the Mughal subahdar of Bengal, Murshid Quli Khan, according to researcher Shamsuzzaman Khan.

Murshidabad, located on the banks of the Bhagirathi River in West Bengal, is a historic city. In 1702, the Nawab of Bengal, Murshid Quli Khan founded this city and named it after himself.

In 1704, during the reign of the first Nawab of Bengal—Murshid Quli Khan, Murshidabad was declared its capital city. Naturally, the then-capital was influenced by Mughlai cuisine and a fusion of ...

During the reign of first Nawab of Bengal—Murshid Quli Khan in 1704, Murshidabad (earlier known as Muksudabad) was declared Bengal’s capital city.

Murshid Quli Khan, appointed as the Diwan of Bengal by Emperor Aurangzeb, became the first Nawab in 1717 and made Murshidabad the capital, replacing Dacca.

In Old Dhaka's Begum Bazar area, there is a mosque which is more than 300 years of age, built by a legendary Mughal statesman known as Murshid Quli Khan. The early 18th century mosque is one of ...

For the EIC, trade from Bengal comprised nearly 60 per cent of the English imports from Asia. After the death of Aurangzeb though, and more so with the ascendancy of Alivardi Khan’s predecessor ...

Among its treasures is a copy of the Qur'an transcribed by Murshid Quli Khan, a prominent Mughal official. This library, recognized by the National Mission for Manuscripts under the Government of ...