Multiple choice

When and who granted the Diwani of Bengal, Orissa and Bihar to the British East India Company?

  1. Mir Jaffar in 1770 AD

  2. Siraj-ud-daulah in 1768 AD

  3. Shah Alam in 1765 AD

  4. Shauja-ud-daulah in 1760 AD
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Explanation

The Diwani rights for Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa were granted to the East India Company by Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II in 1765 following the Battle of Buxar. This pivotal moment, formalized in the Treaty of Allahabad, gave the Company the right to collect revenues while leaving administrative authority nominally with the Nawab. This marked the beginning of formal British political control in India.

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