Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa

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The Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa was the Mughal imperial grant of revenue-collecting rights over these provinces, which effectively gave the British East India Company control of their civil administration and finances in the 18th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mughal imperial grant ⓘ
revenue-collecting right ⓘ
administeredBy British East India Company officials ⓘ
administeredFrom Calcutta ⓘ
appliesTo Bengal ⓘ
Bihar ⓘ
Orissa ⓘ
associatedRuler Nawab of Bengal ⓘ
beneficiary British East India Company shareholders ⓘ
confersRight civil administration control ⓘ
financial administration control ⓘ
revenue collection ⓘ
countryAffected India ⓘ
dateGranted 1765 ⓘ
documentType grant of diwani rights ⓘ
effect beginning of Company rule in Bengal ⓘ
decline of effective Mughal authority in Bengal, Bihar and Orissa ⓘ
establishment of dual government in Bengal ⓘ
separation of revenue collection from nominal Mughal sovereignty ⓘ
transfer of fiscal sovereignty to the British East India Company in eastern India ⓘ
field colonial governance ⓘ
fiscal administration ⓘ
followedBy formal British Crown rule in India (after 1858) ⓘ
governanceModel dual system of administration (diwani and nizamat separated) ⓘ
grantedBy Mughal Empire ⓘ
Mughal emperor Shah Alam II ⓘ
grantedTo British East India Company ⓘ
hasEtymology from Persian word "diwan" meaning revenue office or council ⓘ
historicalPeriod 18th century ⓘ
languageOfTerm Persian ⓘ
legalForm imperial farman ⓘ
legalStatus recognized by Mughal imperial authority ⓘ
placeGranted Allahabad ⓘ
powerShift from Mughal and Nawabi elites to British East India Company ⓘ
precededBy Mughal provincial revenue administration ⓘ
precondition Battle of Buxar ⓘ
defeat of Mughal and Nawabi forces by the British East India Company ⓘ
region eastern India ⓘ
relatedConcept Company rule in India ⓘ
Permanent Settlement (as later revenue arrangement in Bengal) ⓘ
colonial revenue system in India ⓘ
relatedEvent Treaty of Allahabad (1765) ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Allahabad
relatedOrganization British East India Company ⓘ
Mughal court ⓘ
significance gave the British East India Company control over tax revenues of rich eastern provinces ⓘ
marked the start of large-scale British territorial power in India ⓘ
weakened the authority of the Nawab of Bengal ⓘ

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EIC → securedPrivilege → Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa ⓘ
Cornwallis Code → legislativeBody → East India Company administration in Bengal ⓘ
subject linked to: Cornwallis Code in India
linked to: Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa
Treaty of Allahabad → grantedRight → Diwani of Bengal ⓘ
linked to: Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa
Treaty of Allahabad → grantedRight → Diwani of Bihar ⓘ
linked to: Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa
Treaty of Allahabad → grantedRight → Diwani of Orissa ⓘ
linked to: Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa