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Cossimbazar's Fabulous Wealth: Bengal's Lost Banking Dynasty
In this episode of The Hidden History of Bengal, Lucas and Luna explore the rise and fall of the Jagat Seth family, the fabulously wealthy bankers of Cossimbazar in eighteenth-century Bengal. Through their control of the Murshidabad mint and an extensive hundi network, the Jagat Seths became the de facto financiers of the Nawabs of Bengal, and their support was crucial in the battles of Plassey and Buxar. Learn how this banking dynasty accumulated a fortune larger than the Bank of England's reserves at the time, only to see their power collapse after the British consolidation. The…
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