COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
COLONIALISM AND ITS ANALYSIS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Mir Qasim
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Shah Alam II
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Shuja-ud-Daulah
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is 12th August 1765. The sixteenth Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II granted the Diwani of Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa to the East India Company on 12th August 1765.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Treaty of Allahabad was signed on 12 August 1765, in between the Mughal Emperor and Robert Clive, of the East India Company after the Battle of Buxar. Based on the terms of the agreement, the East India Company was granted the Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II granted the Diwani rights to the East India Company after the defeat in the Battle of Buxar (1764). Emperor Shah Alam II granted the Diwani rights of Bengal in the year 1765. Diwani rights mean the right to collect the land revenue.
Detailed explanation-4: -The British forces defeated the Indian forces in the Battle of Buxar in 1764. Thus, the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam conceded ‘Diwani rights’ to the British.
Detailed explanation-5: -Nazam-ud-daulah was the Nawab of Bengal when Diwani of Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa was granted to East India Company.