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why were they called nabobs​

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Answered by mandvitrivedi
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EIC men who acquired great fortunes in India and returned to Britain were known as 'nabobs'. 'Nabob' derived from the Urdu word 'nawab'. Nawabs were high officials or princes in the Mughal empire, the empire that the EIC supplanted in India in the 1700s and 1800s.

Answered by arai63196
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EIC men who acquired great fortunes in India and returned to Britain were known as 'nabobs'. 'Nabob' derived from the Urdu word 'nawab'. Nawabs were high officials or princes in the Mughal empire, the empire that the EIC supplanted in India in the 1700s and 1800s.

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