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sher shah was a despotic ruler.Do you support this statement? Justify your answer

Answer 1

Sher Shah Suri (1486-22 May 1545) was the founder of the sur empire in North India, with its capital at Delhi. An ethnic Pashtun, Sher shah took control of the Mughal Empire in 1540. After his accidental death in 1945, his son Islam shah became his successor.
He first served as a private before rising to become a commandar in theMughal army under babur and then the governer of Bihar in 1537, when babur's son Humayun was elsewhere on an expedition, Sher shah overran the state of Bengal and established the sur dynasty. A brialliant strategist, sher shah proved himself as a gifted administrator as well as a capable general. His reorganization of the empire laid the foundations for the Mughal emperors, notably Akbar, son of Humayun.

Answer 2

Answer:

Both were good rulers but while comparing between the Great Mughal Ruler Humayun and first prominent ruler of the Sur Dynasty.

Sher Shah Suri is the better ruler even Humayun was agrat ruler he can't even step into India still he was alive and he made the Mughal Emperor Humayun a wanderer and his empire shatter.

Humayun lost two prominent and important battles to Sher Shah Suri. The first battle was the Battle of Chausa in 1539 where the entire Mughal armbwas destroyed and Humayun himself only narrowly survived.The second defeat at Kanauj a year cost him his throne.

He created an orderly administration Ministers were put in charge of areas like finane,army and Justice. The kingdom was divided into districts and villages.

Sher Shah Suri created a large professional standin army

He intorduced a new land revenue system based on accurate measurements of land. In exchange for paying taxes,the farmers were given a ‘patta'.

An effective network of roads was created to help trade and security. Several long roads were built which connected the various parts of the Suri kingdom.

The most important on ewas the ' Sadak-e-Azam' (now known as the Grand trunk road was built). It ran from north-east to north west.

Sher Shah abolished old and mixed currency. He fixed the ratio of between the copper and silver coins. These coins bared his name in the “Devanagari Script”.This currency was useful to improve the general economic condition of the Nation. Hence Sher Shah has been called as the ““Father of modern currency”.

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