- In 1717,Muhal Emperor Faruksiyar gave DASTAK (Trade privilege without duties) rights to British.
- Later in 1740, Bengal became Independent State amd its first Nawab was Alvardikhan siraj.
- 1756- British was misusing its DASTAK rights
- 1756- Nawab of Bengal~~Siraj-ud-Daula(grandson of Alivardikhan) posted restrictions on British.
- 1756- Nawab invaded Kasim Bazzar and attacked Fort William, 144 British were captured and prisoned in a dark room with small hole for respiration.
- On the next day,123 of them died due to suffocation and it is known as BLACK HOLE TRAGEDY.
- JAN 1757- Robert Clive signed Treaty of Alinagar with nawab and recovered Calcutta.
BATTLE
OF PLASSEY :
1.
JUNE 1757- (Mir Jaffer+ Mir Bakshi+
Admiral Watson+ Robert Clive) attacked Nawab of Bengal.
2.
War ended in one day and Nawab was killed.
3.
Mir Jaffer was appointed as Nawab of
Bengal.-British was given 24 bargana.
4.
Mir Jaffer resigned in 1760. He was replaced by
his son-in-law Mir Kasim as Nawab.
BATTLE
OF BUXAR:
1.
Mir kasim revolted against British for misusing
dastak rights, 1962--formed alliance with Nawab of Awadh and Mugal Emperor(Shah
alam II) and invaded british @buxar.
2.
Combined force of Mir kasim was defeated by Sir
Hectre Munro.
3.
1765-Robert Clive became the First governor of
Bengal.
4.
Robert Clive made Mir Jaffer as Nawab.
TREATY
OF ALLAHABAD:
1.
Signed between Robert Clive and Shah Alam II and
Nawab of Awadh
2.
British was given DIWANI (land revenue collection)
rights for Bihar, Bengal and Orissa.
IMPORTANCE OF BENGALI CONQUEST:
1.
First phase of economic drain started through
Diwani rights.
2. Made
british politically and economically strong in Bengal.
3. English
supremacy in north India as the Emperor of Hindustan was defeated.
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