Question

Who among the following granted the Diwani of Bengal to the East India Company ?
a) Bahadur Shah Jafar - I
b) Shah Alam - II
c) Akbar
d) Babur ​

Answer 1

Shah Alam - II

Explanation:

• Shah Alam - II gave the Diwani of Bengal to the East India Company in 1765.
• After the Battle of Plassey, the East India Company took the power over Bengal.
• The nawabs of Bengal were puppets under the hands of Britishers after they won the war by defeating Siraj-ud-Daulah.
• Under this Diwani, the British got the power to collect revenue for the East India Company from local Indians in Bengal and Orissa.
• It became the main source of British revenue from India.

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