Who among the following rulers assumed the title 'Niyabat-i-Khudai'?

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answered Feb 28, 2022 by AvantikaJha (114k points)
selected Feb 28, 2022 by Kratikaathwar

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Correct Answer - Option 2 : Balban

The correct answer is Balban.

Ghiyas-ud-din Balban who ruled India as the Sultan of Delhi from 1266 to 1287 A.D. was one of the greatest Sultans of the Mediaeval period.
He ninth Sultan in the Mamluk/Slave dynasty.
He was purchased as a slave by Iltutmish.
He carried out successful military campaigns as an officer.
After Nasir-ud-din-Mahmud's death, Balban declared himself the Sultan as the former did not have any male heirs.
He carried military and civil reforms in administration which earned him the position of the greatest Sultanate ruler after Iltutmish and Alauddin Khalji.
Balban was a strict ruler and his court was the symbol of austerity and strict obedience to the emperor.
He introduced the Persian festival of Navroz in India.
Balban thought about the King as the shadow of God on Earth, subsequently, he called himself Nyiabat-i-Khudai.