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Answer the following question:
How did Mir Qasim become the Nawab of Bengal?
Solution
The company deposed Mir Jaffar and made his son-in-law, Mir Qasim, the new Nawab of Bengal. From the beginning, the relations between the two were not cordial. Qasim objected to the misuse of trade regulations.
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