Why did murshid quli khan protest against the company officials?
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After the death of Aurangzeb, the Nawabs of Bengal began to assert their power and autonomy. In the early eighteenth century, the conflict between the East India Company and the Nawabs of Bengal intensified, and soon as the Mughal Empire weakened, the Nawabs of Bengal tried to build their independent existence.
Murshid Quli Khan became the Nawab of Bengal, after Aurangzeb's death. Earlier he was the Diwan of Bengal in Aurangzeb Empire. He want to Established himself as a strong ruler of Bengal so he refused to grant any concessions to the East India Company, claiming that the company was depriving the Bengal ruler's huge amounts of revenue and curtailing the Nawab's power. So this was the reason that Murshid Ali Khan protests against the company officials.
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