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Mughal Defector: Mir Jafar and the Partition of Bengal 1765
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the 1765 Treaty of Allahabad, the agreement that handed the diwani—the right to collect revenue—of Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa to the British East India Company. They examine how Mir Jafar, the Nawab who betrayed Siraj ud-Daulah at Plassey, was replaced and died in disgrace, and how his son-in-law Mir Qasim fought the British before fleeing. The treaty, signed between Robert Clive and the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II, effectively made Bengal a Company province. Lucas explains the infamous 'dual government' system where the Company collected taxes…
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