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{{Infobox person<br />
|title = Jagat Seth<br />
Original name =mahatab chand<br />
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| caption = Jagat Seth's house<br />
| birth_name = Fateh Chand<br />
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| death_date = 1652<br />
| death_place = [[Murshidabad]], [[Bengal]], [[Indian subcontinent]] <br />
| nationality = Bengal ( Under Nawab of Bengal)<br />
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| occupation = Business<br />
| known_for = Role in [[Battle of Plassey]]<br />
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[[File:House Of Jagat Seth Complex - Mahimapur - Murshidabad 2017-03-28 6165-6169.tif|thumb|House of Jagat Seth]]<br />
The '''Jagat Seths''' were a [[Bengalis|Bengali]] [[Jainism|Jain]] banking family and the title of the eldest son of the family. The family sometimes referred to as the House of Jagat Seth, were a wealthy business, banking and [[money lender]] family from [[Murshidabad]], [[Bengal region]] in the eastern part of the [[Indian subcontinent]], during the time of [[Nawab]] [[Siraj ud-Daulah]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jagat Seth|url=https://www.theweek.in/theweek/cover/2020/08/13/bankrolling-a-battle.html}}</ref><br />
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== The title ==<br />
Jagat Seth was a title conferred by the [[Nawabs of Bengal and Murshidabad|Nawab of Bengal]] and can be interpreted as "banker or merchant of the world".<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZvaGuaJIJgoC&q=%22Jagat+Seth%22+meaning&pg=PA282|title=India Before Europe|last1=Asher|first1=Catherine B.|last2=Talbot|first2=Cynthia|date=2006|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-80904-7|pages=282|language=en}}</ref><br />
House of Jagat Seth Museum contains personal possessions of Jagat Seth and his family including coins of the bygone era, [[muslin]] and other extravagant clothes, and [[Banarasi sari|Banarasi saris]] embroidered with gold and silver threads.<br />
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Jagat Seth, also the title for the powerful moneylender family he belonged to, looked after the mint and treasury accounts of Bengal during the Nawabi period. He played a key role in the conspiracy involving the imprisonment and ultimate killing of Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah. His house, complete with a secret tunnel as well as an underground chamber, where illegal trade plans were hatched, is what has been converted into the aforementioned museum.<br />
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== Death ==<br />
Jagat Seth Mahtab Rai and his cousin Maharaj Swaroop Chand were captured and shot dead on the orders of [[Mir Qasim]] shortly before the [[Battle of Buxar]] in 1764. Jagat Seth was considered to be a traitor as he financed the British during the [[Battle of Plassey]], which led to the death of [[Siraj ud-Daulah]] and the eventual start of the [[British Raj]].<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.marwar.com/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-jagat-sheths/ The Rise and Fall of the Jagat Seths]<br />
* [https://theprint.in/pageturner/excerpt/bengal-banker-jagat-seth-who-gave-loans-to-east-india-company-financial-tips-to-aurangzeb/486979/ Bengal banker Jagat Seth who gave loans to East India Company, financial tips to Aurangzeb] The Print<br />
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