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