Define Diwani of the East India Company
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Diwani means revenue administration of Mughal empire. In short it was tax collecting department. After the defeat of Mughal, Bengal and Awadh in Battle of Buxar (1765), East India Company (EIC) got Diwani rights in Bengal. That means EIC got rights to collect tax in the province of Bengal.
Answer :Diwani means revenue administration of Mughal empire. In short it was tax collecting department. After the defeat of Mughal, Bengal and Awadh in Battle of Buxar (1765), East India Company (EIC) got Diwani rights in Bengal. That means EIC got rights to collect tax in the province of Bengal.Robert Clive (Governor General of Bengal) made a separate treaty with Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II and Nawab of Awadh Shuja-ud-daullah to this treaty, Mughal Emperor granted Diwani to the East India Company at Bengal, Bihar and Orissa.