The Mughal emperor who finally abolished the Jaziya tax was Muhammad Shah ‘Rangila’ in 1720. Although Akbar abolished it (1564) and Aurangzeb reimposed it (1679), Muhammad Shah’s finance minister, Raja Girdhar Bahadur, finally suspended and abolished the discriminatory poll tax on non-Muslims. The correct answer is (A) Muhammad Shah ‘Rangila’.
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The Jaziya tax was finally abolished by Emperor Muhammad Shah ‘Rangila’ in 1720 AD. The tax had a contentious history: Akbar abolished it in 1564, only for Aurangzeb to reimpose it in 1679. [Image illustrating the Jaziya tax policy change timeline] Due to fierce opposition from various factions and the weakened state of the Mughal government, Muhammad Shah, upon the advice of his finance minister, finally suspended and then permanently abolished the tax, making the abolition permanent.