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Consider the following statements about the establishment of British power in India:
1. The Battle of Plassey (1757) was fought before the Battle of Buxar (1764).
2. After Buxar, the Treaty of Allahabad (1765) gave the Company the Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
1. The Battle of Plassey (1757) was fought before the Battle of Buxar (1764).
2. After Buxar, the Treaty of Allahabad (1765) gave the Company the Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- A. 1 only
- B. 2 only
- C. Both 1 and 2
- D. Neither 1 nor 2
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Answer: (C) Both 1 and 2
Plassey was fought in 1757 and Buxar in 1764, so statement 1 is correct. By the Treaty of Allahabad in 1765, Robert Clive obtained the Diwani, the right to collect revenue, from the Mughal emperor Shah Alam II. Both statements are therefore correct. Many candidates wrongly think the Diwani was granted after Plassey.
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