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Eighteenth-Century Political Formations
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Why did the Nawabs of Awadh and Bengal try to do away with the jagirdari system?

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The Nawabs of Awadh and Bengal tried to do away with the jagirdari system because they wanted ot put a curb on cheating as well as the Mughal influence in their kingdoms.

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