Tipu Sultan is often described as a pioneer of modernization in late 18th-century India. Which of the following administrative or economic measures was NOT introduced by him?

Options:

• A: Setting up a state commercial corporation with factories in Muscat, Jeddah, and Ormuz.
• B: Introducing a new calendar system based on the solar-lunar cycle called the Mauludi calendar.
• C: Establishing a modern board of admiralty and planning a navy consisting of battleships and frigates.
• D: Abolishing the system of state monopolies on trade and completely deregulating the local markets to encourage private European merchants.

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