Historical Memory Journey

1765 Resources

East India Company Gets Diwani Rights in Bengal

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Profile of Clive with focus on Plassey, Bengal administration, and the expansion of Company power.

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A three-volume survey covering the Nawabi era, colonial remaking, and the freedom struggle through 1950.

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A late eighteenth-century history of Mughal India that is essential for understanding Bengal Nawabs and Plassey.

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Calendar records of East India Company activity are valuable for trade, factories, and the commercial expansion that preceded colonial rule.

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Bengal-focused reference on the diwani system, the 1765 agreements, and how revenue authority passed to the East India Company.

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Overview of the Company's shift from trade to colonial rule, including the grant of diwani rights and its economic consequences in Bengal.