Mahomed Reza Khan : was appointed in 1765 at the instance of the Calcutta Council of the East India Co. the Deputy Nawab of Bengal on the death of Nawab Mir Jāfar, & later Deputy Dewan of Bengal directly under the East India Company, thus ending Mohammedan rule of Bengal. He made large profits from the revenues & general administration but did not care at all for the sufferings of the people who were extremely hard hit by the famine of 1769-70 which carried off one third of the population of Bengal. Bankim Chandra therefore gave him a special place in Bengal’s history by giving his name to the villain of his novel Ananda Math.
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