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Murshid Quli KhanMurshid Quli Khan was founder of the independent state of Bengal.

iv)In the 18th century, the Sikhs organised themselves into a number of bands called jathas and later on misls. Their combined forces were known as the grand army (dal khalsa). v)A system called rakhi was introduced, offering protection to cultivators on the payment of a tax of 20 per cent of the produce.

Answer: The term ‘Khalsa’ implies the ‘army of the pure‘. It was started as a retaliation for the economic and political repression in Punjab towards the end of Aurangzeb’s rule. It was founded by Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth guru of the Sikhs.

Temples and other religious structures were often built by individuals or groups who were becoming powerful, to demonstrate their power and proclaim their piety. Temples were built in Bengal to house the local deities who had gained the recognition of the Brahmanas.

Sarbat Khalsa was held at Chabba Village, where Jagtar Singh Hawara was appointed new jathedar of Akal Takht.

Chandu Chekavar (Chathiyan Chanthu, also known as Chandu Panicker), was a sixteenth-century warrior of the Chekavar family from the Hindu Thiyyar caste, mentioned in the folk songs of Northern Kerala called Vadakkan Pattukal. He belongs to the Thiyyar community of the Kadathanad region of Kerala.

Answer: After the death of Aurangzeb, his successors had been politically weak and inefficient.As a result, these distant regions gradually made themselves independent and emerged on the political horizon of India.

Expert-verified answerquestion Hyderabad, Bengal and Awadh are the most important princely states of the Indian subcontinent during the British Rule. They were ruled by Nawabs. They were found to be the highest revenue payers to the British. All the three states were Independent.

The satellite view and the map show West Bengal. The state is located in eastern India; it borders Bangladesh in the east, Nepal to the northwest, and Bhutan in the north. The Indian states of Assam and Sikkim are situated to the north and northeast, Odisha in the southwest, Jharkhand and Bihar in the west.

Thus, Bihar is located in the north eastern part of India. Bihar is a land locked state, which means it is surrounded by West Bengal in the east, Uttar Pradesh in the west, Nepal in the north and the state of Jharkhand in the south.