- Assertion (A) is true: Historical accounts state that Muhammad bin Tughlaq indeed moved his court and residence temporarily from Delhi to a camp called Swarga-dwari, located near Kannauj on the Ganges, for about two years. - Reason (R) is true: The primary reason cited by historians for this move was a severe plague that afflicted Delhi at that time, causing significant mortality.
Assertion (A): Muhammad bin Tughlaq left Delhi, and, for two years lived in a camp called Swarga-dwari. Reason (R): At that time, Delhi was ravaged by a form of plague and many people died.
Asked in UPPCS Prelims 2002 · Topic: Tughluq Dynasty (Muhammad bin Tughluq: Administrative Experiments (Transfer of Capital, Token Currency, Doab Taxation))
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Answer: A. Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
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