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The Sultan who desecrated the Puri Jagannath Temple and Jwalamukhi Temple at Kangra was ________.

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Balban
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Alauddin Khalji
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Sikander Lodhi
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Feroz Shah Tughlaq
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The correct option is D Feroz Shah Tughlaq
The Sultan who desecrated the Jagannath Temple in Puri and the Jwalamukhi Temple in Kangra was Firoz Shah Tughlaq. He was a fervent Muslim and had destroyed many temples, including these two. He also destroyed their books, idols and ceremonial vessels. He tried to ban practices that the orthodox theologians considered un-Islamic

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