HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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Midnapore
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Burdwan
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Chittagong
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Muzaffarpur
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Detailed explanation-1: -Mir Qasim gave Burdwan, Midnapore and Chittagong districts to the company.
Detailed explanation-2: -The East India Company removed Mir Jaffer and Mir Qasim from the throne of Bengal because they had an independent spirit and thus refused to dance on the tunes of East India Company.
Detailed explanation-3: -However, Mir Jafar eventually ran into disputes with the East India Company and attempted to form an alliance with the Dutch East India Company instead. The British eventually defeated the Dutch at Chinsura and overthrew Mir Jafar, replacing him with Mir Qasim.
Detailed explanation-4: -Qasim later fell out with the British and fought them at the Battle of Buxar. He opposed the British East India Company’s position that their imperial Mughal licence (dastak) meant that they could trade without paying taxes (other local merchants with dastaks were required to pay up to 40% of their revenue as tax).