Debate the positive and negative aspects of Mohammad Bin Tuglaq’s experiment of
shifting capital.
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Explanation:
When Fakhr Malik aka Jauna Khan aka Muhammad bin Tughlaq passed into history on 20 March 1351 after a 26-year reign, his subjects heaved a sigh of relief.
For two-and-a-half decades, they had been at the mercy of this mercurial man whose policy swings had brought them to their knees and impoverished them considerably. They hoped and prayed that a more level-headed fellow would now ascend the throne.
Under Muhammad bin Tughlaq, they had been forced at sword-point to shift from Delhi, the abode of kings from times memorial, to distant Daulatabad in the heart of today’s Maharashtra.
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Consequences : In the absence of the sultan, Delhi was now exposed to renewed attacks by the Mongols. Realizing his folly, Muhammad bin Tughlaq shifted his capital back to Delhi after 2 years. The people were ordered to return. The suffering and mental agony caused great resentment.
The Sultan made a financial experiment in the Doab between the Ganges and Yamuna. He increased the rate of taxation and along with that revived and created some additional Alwabs or cesses in order to gather money for the creation of larger army.
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