▁and ▁sil k . ▁So on ▁it ▁became ▁a ▁trad ing ▁centre ▁for ▁salt pet re , ▁ur ging ▁other ▁Europe ans — F rench , ▁Dan es , ▁Dutch ▁and ▁Portuguese — to ▁comp ete ▁in ▁the ▁luc r ative ▁business . ▁Vari ous ▁European ▁fact ories ▁and ▁god own s ▁started ▁m ush room ing ▁in ▁Pat na ▁and ▁it ▁acquired ▁a ▁trad ing ▁fame ▁that ▁attract ed ▁far ▁off ▁mer ch ants . ▁Peter ▁M und y , ▁writing ▁in ▁ 1 6 3 2 , ▁calls ▁this ▁place , ▁" the ▁greatest ▁mart ▁of ▁the ▁eastern ▁region ". ▁ ▁British ▁Col onial ▁period ▁ ▁Company ▁Rule ▁▁ ▁After ▁the ▁Battle ▁of ▁B ux ar , ▁ 1 7 6 4 , ▁the ▁M ugh als ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁N aw abs ▁of ▁Beng al ▁lost ▁effective ▁control ▁over ▁the ▁territ ories ▁then ▁const itut ing ▁the ▁province ▁of ▁Beng al , ▁which ▁currently ▁compr ises ▁the ▁Indian ▁states ▁of ▁West ▁Beng al , ▁Bi har , ▁J h ark hand , ▁Od ish a , ▁as ▁also ▁some ▁parts ▁of ▁Bang l adesh . ▁The ▁East ▁India ▁Company ▁was ▁accord ed ▁the ▁di w ani ▁rights , ▁that ▁is , ▁the ▁right ▁to ▁admin ister ▁the ▁collection ▁and ▁management ▁of ▁reven ues ▁of ▁the ▁province ▁of ▁Beng al , ▁and ▁parts ▁of ▁O ud h , ▁currently ▁compr ising ▁a ▁large ▁part ▁of ▁U tt ar ▁Pr adesh . ▁The ▁di w ani ▁rights ▁were ▁leg ally ▁granted