Warren Hastings

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Company Governor-General

Warren Hastings is included as a key historical actor for understanding this chapter's political and social context.

Est. 1947 · Bengal✺A Bilingual Archive

Context

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Early colonial state-building and revenue-administrative centralization in Bengal.

Contribution

Warren Hastings 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.

Appears In Events

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1765

East India Company Gets Diwani Rights in Bengal

In 1765, the East India Company secured the diwani, or the right to collect revenue, in Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa. That settlement turned post-Plassey influence into formal fiscal power. Revenue extraction, administrative leverage, and political authority began to flow through the Company, even as Mughal and nawabi institutions remained in place.