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WBCS Main Examination 2023 — Paper III: General Studies I · Question 13 of 200

Q13
History of IndiaAdvent of Europeans & British Expansion
Which Mughal ruler granted Diwani Rights of Bengal to the English East India Company?
  1. a.Farrukhsiyar
  2. b.Bahadur Shah Zafar
  3. c.Jahandar Shah
  4. d.Shah Alam II

Answer: (D) Shah Alam II

After the Battle of Buxar, Shah Alam II granted the Company the Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa by the Treaty of Allahabad in 1765. Farrukhsiyar's farman of 1717 gave only trade privileges, which makes it the tempting wrong option.

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