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❦Shah Alam II
Mughal Emperor
Shah Alam II is included as a key historical actor for understanding this chapter's political and social context.
Biography
Context
In the context of Imperial decline and treaty politics around Bengal after Buxar., Shah Alam II is recognized as Mughal Emperor. Shah Alam II is included as a key historical actor for understanding this chapter's political and social context.
Contribution
Shah Alam II is included as a key historical actor for understanding this chapter's political and social context.
Impact
Their role helps explain how power, institutions, or ideas shifted during this period.
Timeline Placement
Shah Alam II appears in 2 linked timeline events, spanning 1764 - 1765.
First Appearance
1764
Latest Appearance
1765
Active Span
1764 - 1765
Linked Events
2
Legacy Summary
Their role helps explain how power, institutions, or ideas shifted during this period. This influence is reflected across 2 connected events.
References
Key sources for understanding this figure
A Comprehensive History of Modern Bengal, 1700-1950
A three-volume survey covering the Nawabi era, colonial remaking, and the freedom struggle through 1950.
Cited in: 2 events
Diwani
Bengal-focused reference on the diwani system, the 1765 agreements, and how revenue authority passed to the East India Company.
Cited in: 2 events
East India Company
Overview of the Company's shift from trade to colonial rule, including the grant of diwani rights and its economic consequences in Bengal.
Cited in: 2 events
Seir Mutaqherin / Siyar-ul-Mutakhkherin
A late eighteenth-century history of Mughal India that is essential for understanding Bengal Nawabs and Plassey.
Cited in: 2 events
The English Factories in India
Calendar records of East India Company activity are valuable for trade, factories, and the commercial expansion that preceded colonial rule.
Cited in: 2 events
Battle of Buxar
Overview of the 1764 battle that consolidated East India Company military-political leverage in eastern India.
Cited in: 1 events
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