Question

Robert Clive accepted the Diwani of _____ from Mughal in $1765$.

• A. Bihar and Bengal
• B. Only Bengal
• C. Bengal, Bihar and Orissa
• D. West Bengal and Orissa

Answer 1

The correct option is C Bengal, Bihar and Orissa

Exp—After the Battle of Buxar in $1764$, in which Mir Qasim (Nawab of Bengal), Shuja-ud-Daulah (Nawab of Awadh) and Shah Alam II (Mughal Emperor). They got defeated by britisher(EIC) and they signed two humiliating treaties of Allahabad ( $12$ august and $16$ august $1765$) and as a result, the company got the Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa in $1765$. The company could now collect the revenue.