Mughal Emperor Jahangir gave the title ‘English-Khan’ to:

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Correct Answer: William Hawkins. In 1608, the company sent Captain Hawkins to India to get business facilities in India, with a letter written by James-I. Hawkins went to Agra to meet Emperor Akbar but by then Akbar had died. The King Jahangir was in Ajmer at this time, he waited for King Jahangir and given the letter of James I to him on the return of the jahangir, the emperor Jahangir gave the title of ‘English-Khan’ to William Hawkins.

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