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Bengal's Secret Police: The Kachari Network
While earlier episodes explored the military might of Alivardi Khan and the administrative reforms of the Permanent Settlement, this episode uncovers a different kind of power: the intelligence network that kept the Nawabs of Bengal in control. We trace the rise of the Kachari system, a secret police force established by Murshid Quli Khan to monitor his own officials and the populace. Through the story of loyalist commanders like Mir Jumla II and the complex web of informants known as 'Kache', we see how paranoia and surveillance shaped the political landscape of 18th-century…
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