Pakistan Affairs · Muslim rule, British rule and 1857. The idea in plain words, the rules to remember, the mistake to avoid and a worked example, written and checked by Mega Lecture.
The English East India Company was chartered in 1600 as a trading body. It became a ruling power in Bengal through two battles. At Plassey (1757) it defeated Nawab Siraj-ud-Daula and put Mir Jafar in his place. At Buxar (1764) it beat Mir Qasim, Shuja-ud-Daula of Awadh and the Mughal emperor Shah Alam II together.
A century of expansion built up anger: annexations, loss of land and jobs, fear for religion, and poor treatment of Indian soldiers. The greased cartridges set off the rising at Meerut in May 1857.
The rising failed. The Mughal dynasty ended, and the Government of India Act 1858 moved power from the Company to the British Crown.
Students say Plassey gave the Company the revenue of Bengal. Plassey gave it control over the Nawab; the legal right to collect revenue (the diwani) came in 1765, after Buxar.
Answer: Buxar gave the Company a legal right to the revenue of three provinces and showed its strength over the Mughal emperor, not only over Bengal.
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