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Name the first independent Nawab of Bengal. What were his achievements?
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Murshid Quli Khan became the first independent Nawab of Bengal. He established an efficient administration and effectively organised the revenue system. He also started the new system of land revenue collection, on the basis of contracts, known as Ijara system. He reorganized the zamindari for which he is will remember in the history of Bengal.
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