History · Administration and Economy
UGC NET June 2014 History
'The reality of Mughal centralized power is one matter, whether it was good or bad quite another.' Who made the above statement?
AJ.F. Richards ✓ Correct
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Correct answer: (A) J.F. Richards — J.F. Richards made this statement, so the answer is J.F. Richards.
Explanation
★J.F. Richards made this statement, so the answer is J.F. Richards.
★He drew a clear line between the fact of Mughal central power and its moral worth.
★He held that the reality of that power was one question.
★Whether it was good or bad, he said, was quite another question.
★Richards was a leading modern historian of the Mughal Empire.
★He wrote the well-known volume The Mughal Empire.
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