The mughal emperor in India who gave Surat to British was
a) Akbar
b) Bahadur Shah
c) Jahangir
d) Shahjahan
Answers
Answer: Jahangir
Jahangir gave Surat to British East India company.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
• Captain Hawkins visited the court of Jahangir for the permission to establish Company in Surat.
• Initially, it was rejected by Jahangir to Hawkins.
• Later, another British ambassador named Thomas Roe visited the court of Jahangir.
• This time Jahangir accepted the permission and conferred Roe the title 'Khan'.
• Jahangir was the son of the emperor Akbar and Jodhabai.
• His real name was Salim which was named by Akbar as he was devotee of Shaikh Salim, Sufi saint.
• After acquiring the throne, Salim called himself as Jahangir which means "world conqueror".
• Jahangir married Mehr - un - Nisa and gave the title of "Nurjahan".
• Jahangir executed the fifth Sikh Guru, Guru Arjun Dev.
Answer:
• Jahangir: Option - (C).
Explanation:
• The mughal emperor in India who gave Surat to British was Jahangir.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Option (A) - Akbar:
• Akbar was an Indian emperor and also famously he was named and called 'Akbar the great'.
• He was considered as one of the greatest emperor of India and also Akbar was the third Mugal emperor.
• He started to rule our country from 1556 and he was also living at Agra, Delhi.
Option (B) - Bahadur Shah:
• Bahadur Shah was also an Indian emperor.
• He was the last mugal emperor to rule in India.
• He started ruling India in medieval period and he was ruling our country twice.
Option (C) - Jahangir: [Answer:]
• Jahangir was one of the famous mughal emperors after Akbar.
• Jahagir was the fourth mughal emperor to rule in India.
• He started ruling our country from 1605 till his death year 1627.
Option (D) - Shahjahan:
• Shahjahan was the fifth mughal emperor who ruled in India.
• He is probably most famous of all the other mughal emperors because he was the builded of the most famous monument 'Taj mahal' located at Agra, New delhi.
• He is even recognised by the people and kinds of today's general because of building the most spectacular building 'Taj mahal' one in 'seven wonders of the world'.