Murshid Quli Khan, appointed as the Diwan of Bengal by Emperor Aurangzeb, became the first Nawab in 1717 and made Murshidabad the capital, replacing Dacca. The city prospered as a political ...

(murshidabadpolice.wb.gov.in) Widely believed to be named after Murshid Quli Khan (1660-1727), the first independent Nawab of Bengal (1717-1727), Bihar and Odisha, this town by the river ...