British conquest of Bengal

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The British conquest of Bengal was the mid-18th-century process by which the British East India Company gained political and economic control over Bengal, laying the foundation for British colonial rule in India.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
process of colonization ⓘ
appliesToTerritorialJurisdiction Bengal ⓘ
Bihar ⓘ
Orissa ⓘ
country Bengal Subah ⓘ
describedBySource colonial-era histories of British India ⓘ
modern historiography of South Asia ⓘ
endTime 1765 ⓘ
followedBy Bengal Presidency ⓘ
Company rule in India ⓘ
hasCause British East India Company’s desire for revenue control ⓘ
commercial rivalry in the Indian Ocean ⓘ
political instability in the Bengal Subah ⓘ
hasEffect decline of the Nawab of Bengal’s sovereignty ⓘ
establishment of British political control over Bengal ⓘ
expansion of British economic control in eastern India ⓘ
foundation of British rule in India ⓘ
grant of Diwani rights to the British East India Company ⓘ
integration of Bengal into the British colonial economy ⓘ
rise of Company rule in India ⓘ
hasPart Battle of Buxar ⓘ
Battle of Plassey ⓘ
Treaty of Allahabad (1765) ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Allahabad

establishment of the Diwani of Bengal ⓘ
political subjugation of the Nawab of Bengal ⓘ
location Bengal region ⓘ
linked to: Bengal

eastern Indian subcontinent ⓘ
mainSubject British colonialism in India ⓘ
participant British East India Company ⓘ
Mir Jafar ⓘ
Mughal Empire ⓘ
Mughal emperor Shah Alam II ⓘ
Nawab of Bengal ⓘ
Robert Clive ⓘ
Shuja-ud-Daula ⓘ
Siraj ud-Daulah ⓘ
partOf British expansion in India ⓘ
European colonial expansion in Asia ⓘ
significantEvent Battle of Buxar ⓘ
Battle of Plassey ⓘ
Treaty of Allahabad (1765) ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Allahabad

granting of Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa to the Company ⓘ
installation of Mir Jafar as Nawab of Bengal ⓘ
startTime 1750s ⓘ
mid-18th century ⓘ

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Battle of Chandannagar → relatedTo → British conquest of Bengal ⓘ
Fort William, Kolkata → associatedWithEvent → British colonization of Bengal ⓘ
linked to: British conquest of Bengal
Battle of Buxar → partOf → Anglo-Indian wars ⓘ
linked to: British conquest of Bengal
Battle of Buxar → outcome → British East India Company gained effective control over Bengal revenue ⓘ
linked to: British conquest of Bengal
Battle of Baksar → partOf → British conquest of Bengal ⓘ
Mir Ja‘far → associatedWith → East India Company rule in Bengal ⓘ
linked to: British conquest of Bengal
Battle of Udhwa Nala → partOf → British conquest of Bengal ⓘ