Event

Grant of Diwani in Bengal

The Mughal emperor granted the East India Company the right to collect revenue in Bengal, giving the Company a decisive fiscal base for territorial rule.

Status: draft
Event Kind: revenue grant
Date Precision: day
Date Display: 12 Aug 1765
Start Date: 12 Aug 1765
End Date: 12 Aug 1765

What happened

After Buxar, the Mughal emperor granted the Company diwani rights in Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa.

Why it matters

This is the key fiscal turning point in Company rule. It turned battlefield success into revenue control, which made further expansion and administration possible.

Notes

Use this as the event that converts military victory into durable revenue authority.