Company rule in India
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company-rule-in-india-173-3079258
title:
Company rule in India
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Company rule in India was the rule of the British East India Company on the Indian subcontinent. This is variously taken to have commenced in 1757, after the Battle of Plassey, when the Nawab of Bengal Siraj ud-Daulah was defeated and replaced with Mir Jafar, who had the support of the East India Company; or in 1765, when the Company was granted the diwani, or the right to collect revenue, in Bengal and Bihar; or in 1773, when the Company abolished local rule (Nizamat) in Bengal and established
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Rule of the British East India Company on the Indian subcontinent (1757–1858)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_rule_in_India
date created:
2003-08-13T03:08:12Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T02:55:37Z
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