Question

e) Discussed the term the Dastak. How was it misused by East India Company? D​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Dastak, in 18th-century Bengal, a permit exempting European traders, mostly of the British East India Company, from paying customs or transit duties on their private trade. Free dastaks for private trade were finally abolished by Warren Hastings, governor of Bengal (1775)

Answer 2

Explanation:

Under the terms and conditions of farrukh siyar's farman of 1717 the East India Company was entitled to trade in Bengal without paying the normal customs duty. ... But in practice, the private traders of the company generally abused the free trade right by producing the dastak to the chowkies of the government.