Paper I · 3 History of India & AP · 3.3.2 British conquest and expansion

3.3.2.2 Battle of Buxar and the Treaty of Allahabad 1765

Mir Qasim tried to free Bengal from Company control; his defeat with Awadh and the Mughal emperor at Buxar (1764) led to the Treaty of Allahabad and the grant of the Diwani to the Company (1765).

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  • Mir Qasim
  • Monghyr
  • Buxar
  • Hector Munro
  • Shuja-ud-Daulah
  • Shah Alam II
  • Treaty of Allahabad
  • Diwani

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