Question

How did the East India Company become the Diwan of Bengal

Answer 1

Murshid Quli Khan arrived as the Diwan of Bengal in 1717 AD. Before his arrival, there were four Diwans. ... In 1765, Robert Clive, of the British East India Company, became the first British Governor of Bengal.

Answer 2

Their final humiliation came in 1765 when the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam granted the diwani of Bengal - the right to collect the land revenue - to the East India Company. From then on, the diwani became the main source of British revenue from India.