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Question
Give reasons:
Sher Khan was able to strengthen his position in Bengal and Bihar.
Solution
Sher Khan was able to strengthen his position in Bengal and Bihar because of following reasons:
- Sher Shah personally supervised the recruitment and training of his soldiers who had to maintain strict discipline.
- He revived Sultan Alauddin’s measures of branding horses (dagh) and maintaining descriptive rolls of soldiers (chehra).
- He paid regular salary based on their skills.
- He set up forts and garrisons in different parts of the empire for speedy deployment of soldiers.
- Sher Shah kept a close watch over all his officials. He set up a spy system to know about the happenings in all parts of the empire.The officials were transferred every 2-3 years to prevent them from becoming corrupt or powerful.
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