Treaty of Allahabad

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The Treaty of Allahabad was a 1765 agreement that marked the formal beginning of British political control in India by granting the East India Company revenue-collecting rights (Diwani) over Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 18th-century treaty ⓘ
historical treaty ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Allahabad Treaty ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Allahabad
appliesToRegion Bengal ⓘ
Bihar ⓘ
Orissa ⓘ
category Treaties of British India ⓘ
Treaties of the East India Company ⓘ
consequenceForEastIndiaCompany control over tax revenues of rich eastern provinces ⓘ
consequenceForMughalEmperor loss of effective territorial control ⓘ
countryAtTime Mughal Empire ⓘ
dateSigned 1765 ⓘ
effect beginning of formal British political control in India ⓘ
recognition of East India Company as Diwan ⓘ
reduction of Mughal Emperor to pensioner status ⓘ
transfer of revenue administration to East India Company ⓘ
weakening of Nawab of Awadh ⓘ
grantedBy Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II ⓘ
grantedRevenueCollection Bengal Subah ⓘ
Bihar Subah ⓘ
linked to: Bihar

Orissa region ⓘ
linked to: Orissa
grantedRight Diwani of Bengal ⓘ
Diwani of Bihar ⓘ
Diwani of Orissa ⓘ
grantedTo East India Company ⓘ
historicalContext aftermath of Battle of Buxar ⓘ
historicalPeriod British rule in India ⓘ
language Persian ⓘ
linked to: Persian language
legalInstrumentFor Company rule in eastern India ⓘ
legalStatus imperial farman-backed treaty ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India ⓘ
linked to: Allahabad
marks start of Company rule in Bengal ⓘ
partOf expansion of British Empire in India ⓘ
politicalSignificance shift of power from Indian rulers to East India Company ⓘ
relatedEvent Battle of Buxar ⓘ
signatory East India Company ⓘ
Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II ⓘ
Nawab of Awadh Shuja-ud-Daula ⓘ
linked to: Shuja-ud-Daula
signedBy Shah Alam II ⓘ
Shuja-ud-Daula ⓘ
representatives of the East India Company ⓘ
signedIn Allahabad ⓘ
subject political authority in Bengal ⓘ
revenue collection rights ⓘ
typeOfRightGranted fiscal sovereignty ⓘ
year 1765 ⓘ

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Battle of Buxar → followedBy → Treaty of Allahabad ⓘ
Battle of Buxar → relatedTreaty → Treaty of Allahabad ⓘ
Shah Alam II → signed → Treaty of Allahabad ⓘ
subject linked to: Mughal emperor Shah Alam II
Nawab of Bengal → powerReducedBy → Treaty of Allahabad ⓘ
British conquest of Bengal → hasPart → Treaty of Allahabad (1765) ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Allahabad
British conquest of Bengal → significantEvent → Treaty of Allahabad (1765) ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Allahabad
Treaty of Allahabad → alsoKnownAs → Allahabad Treaty ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Allahabad
Shah Alam II → notableEvent → Treaty of Allahabad ⓘ
Shah Alam II → signed → Treaty of Allahabad ⓘ
Shuja-ud-Daula → signedTreaty → Treaty of Allahabad ⓘ
Battle of Baksar → resultedIn → Treaty of Allahabad ⓘ
Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa → relatedEvent → Treaty of Allahabad (1765) ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Allahabad
British conquest of India → hasKeyEvent → Treaty of Allahabad (1765) ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Allahabad
Treaties of the British East India Company → hasPart → Treaty of Allahabad (1765) ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Allahabad
Nawab Wazir of Awadh → hasSignificantEvent → Treaty of Allahabad (1765) ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Allahabad
Late Mughal period → significantEvent → Treaty of Allahabad (1765) ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Allahabad
Awadh dynasty → treaty → Treaty of Allahabad (1765) ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Allahabad
House of Awadh → treaty → Treaty of Allahabad ⓘ