The New Minister (नया मंत्री)

It is known by all how much Akbar was fond of Birbal and considered him to be one of his dear friends. But one day Akbar got frustrated with him and Birbal, unable to understand Akbar’s mood, kept on cracking jokes on him. Suddenly Akbar burst out in anger asked Birbal to leave his palace and never return back. Birbal left in peace thinking that once Akbar's temper cools down, he will be summoned back to the court.

Days passed by but no one from the court arrived to fetch him. Akbar tried to replace Birbal with a new minister but no one could meet up to the standards of witty Birbal. Therefore, Akbar decided to spread the word that whoever will answer his questions properly will be appointed as the next minister in his court.

On the day of the meeting, Akbar’s other ministers started asking questions "How many shells are there in the seafloor?" Some aspirants answer lakhs, some crores but one man named Chandan answered: "The count of total human eyes in the world is equal to the number of shells in the seafloor." Chandan answered all the other questions with wit and was able to impress everyone in the court including Akbar. Akbar was very happy to meet someone equally intelligent as Birbal and decided to make him the next minister. But Chandan rejects the offer saying that he cannot meet the standards of great Birbal, and suggested instead to Akbar to look for him properly and call him back in his court. Akbar said he would really be happy to meet Birbal and on hearing that, Chandan slowly removed his turban and fake beard. Surprisingly, it was Birbal in the disguise of another man who came to meet Akbar. Akbar was happy to see him again and appointed Birbal back to his old position.

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