Question

How did the assumption of Diwani benefit the East India Company?

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Answer 1

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Diwani rights are the rights that the British acquired to collect their own revenues and have the authority to decide on civil cases. This right benefited East India Company in several ways:

a. It allowed the Company to use the vast revenue resources of Bengal

b. The monopoly of the East India Company on the trade started

c. Revenue of Bengal was used to export Indian goods out of the country

Answer 2

i)The Diwani allowed the Company to exploit the vast revenue resources of Bengal. ... Now revenue from India could finance Company expenses. (v)These revenues they used to purchase cotton and silk textiles in India, maintain Company troops and meet the cost of building the Company fort and offices at Calcutta.