<P> The Treaty of Allahabad was signed on 12 August 1765 , between the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II , son of the late Emperor Alamgir II , and Robert , Lord Clive , of the East India Company , as a result of the Battle of Buxar of 22 October 1764 . The Treaty marks the political and constitutional involvement and the beginning of British rule in India . Based on the terms of the agreement , Alam granted the East India Company Diwani rights , or the right to collect taxes on behalf of the Emperor from the eastern province of Bengal - Bihar - Orissa . Thus East India Company got appointed as the imperial tax collector for the Eastern province ( Bengal - Bihar - Orissa ) . These rights allowed the Company to collect revenue directly from the people of Bengal , Bihar and Orissa . In return , the Company paid an annual tribute of twenty - six lakhs of rupees ( equal to 260,000 pounds sterling ) while securing for Shah Alam II the districts of Kora and Allahabad . The tribute money paid to the emperor was for the maintenance of the Emperor 's court in Allahabad . The accord also dictated that Shah Alam be restored to the province of Varanasi as long as he continued to pay certain amount of revenue to the Company . Awadh was returned to Shuja - ud - Daulah , but Allahabad and Kora were taken from him . The Nawab of Awadh also had to pay fifty - three lakhs of rupees as war indemnity to the East India Company . </P>
<P> The Treaty of Allahabad was signed on 12 August 1765 , between the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II , son of the late Emperor Alamgir II , and Robert , Lord Clive , of the East India Company , as a result of the Battle of Buxar of 22 October 1764 . The Treaty marks the political and constitutional involvement and the beginning of British rule in India . Based on the terms of the agreement , Alam granted the East India Company Diwani rights , or the right to collect taxes on behalf of the Emperor from the eastern province of Bengal - Bihar - Orissa . Thus East India Company got appointed as the imperial tax collector for the Eastern province ( Bengal - Bihar - Orissa ) . These rights allowed the Company to collect revenue directly from the people of Bengal , Bihar and Orissa . In return , the Company paid an annual tribute of twenty - six lakhs of rupees ( equal to 260,000 pounds sterling ) while securing for Shah Alam II the districts of Kora and Allahabad . The tribute money paid to the emperor was for the maintenance of the Emperor 's court in Allahabad . The accord also dictated that Shah Alam be restored to the province of Varanasi as long as he continued to pay certain amount of revenue to the Company . Awadh was returned to Shuja - ud - Daulah , but Allahabad and Kora were taken from him . The Nawab of Awadh also had to pay fifty - three lakhs of rupees as war indemnity to the East India Company . </P>
when was the diwani of bengal appointed to east india company
when was the diwani of bengal appointed to east india company
12 August 1765
12 August 1765