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What Steps Did Mir Qasim Take to Strengthen His Position? Why Did He Abolish All Duties on Internal Trade? - History and Civics

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Answer the following question briefly:

Mir Qasim was a competent ruler, determined to free himself from foreign control. In this context answer the following:

What steps did Mir Qasim take to strengthen his position? Why did he abolish all duties on internal trade?

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To strengthen his position, Mir Qasim improved Bengal's financial position and raised a modern, disciplined, and well-equipped army trained by Europeans. The company's employees misused their trade privileges.
They sold their duty-free trade points to Indian merchants who also used them to carry on duty-free trade. This deprived the Nawab of large revenues. To put an end to the corrupt practices of the British, Mir Qasim abolished all duties on internal trade.

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