Question

Who introduced the famous Persian festival of Nowruz ?
A Alauddin Khlji
B Iltutmish
C Balban
D Firuz Tughlaq

Answer 1

Hint:
Nowruz (Nauroz) is the Iranian New Year, also known as the Persian New Year which is celebrated in the different countries like in Iran, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, India, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan

Complete answer:
Balban introduced the famous Persian festival of Nowruz in India to impress the nobles and people with his wealth and power. The festival is a New Year celebration of Spring Equinox. During the period of Balban people were not much happy by the ways he ruled so he tried to divert their focus from the situation of the law in his region he introduced the Persian new Year festival known as Nowruz in some books it is mentioned as Nowruz. Balban was a king with desire, he want to rule the complete Indian region but he was not so strong at that time so he need the help of the other muslim rulers at that time and Persian king was the one of the powerful ruler in the whole Indian.

Therefore the correct answer is option (C).

Note:
Balban wanted to show his loyalty to the Persian Emperor that he could trust him and allow him to rule in Indian region with his help and he got some help but that was not enough at that time and Balban died with his dream to be the only king of the whole Hind region.