Treaty of Allahabad

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18th-century treaty historical treaty

The Treaty of Allahabad was a 1765 agreement that marked the formal beginning of British political control in India by granting the East India Company revenue-collecting rights (Diwani) over Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Treaty of Allahabad canonical	8
Treaty of Allahabad (1765)	5
Allahabad Treaty	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	18th-century treaty ⓘ historical treaty ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Treaty of Allahabad ⓘ surface form: Allahabad Treaty
appliesToRegion	Bengal ⓘ Bihar ⓘ Orissa ⓘ
category	Treaties of the British East India Company ⓘ surface form: Treaties of British India Treaties of the British East India Company ⓘ surface form: Treaties of the East India Company
consequenceForEastIndiaCompany	control over tax revenues of rich eastern provinces ⓘ
consequenceForMughalEmperor	loss of effective territorial control ⓘ
countryAtTime	Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ surface form: Mughal Empire
dateSigned	1765 ⓘ
effect	beginning of formal British political control in India ⓘ recognition of East India Company as Diwan ⓘ reduction of Mughal Emperor to pensioner status ⓘ transfer of revenue administration to East India Company ⓘ weakening of Nawab of Awadh ⓘ
grantedBy	Mughal emperor Shah Alam II ⓘ surface form: Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II
grantedRevenueCollection	Bengal Subah ⓘ Bihar ⓘ surface form: Bihar Subah Orissa ⓘ surface form: Orissa region
grantedRight	Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa ⓘ surface form: Diwani of Bengal Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa ⓘ surface form: Diwani of Bihar Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa ⓘ surface form: Diwani of Orissa
grantedTo	British East India Company ⓘ surface form: East India Company
historicalContext	aftermath of Battle of Buxar ⓘ
historicalPeriod	British rule in India ⓘ
language	Persian language ⓘ surface form: Persian
legalInstrumentFor	Company rule in eastern India ⓘ
legalStatus	imperial farman-backed treaty ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Allahabad ⓘ surface form: Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India
marks	start of Company rule in Bengal ⓘ
partOf	expansion of British Empire in India ⓘ
politicalSignificance	shift of power from Indian rulers to East India Company ⓘ
relatedEvent	Battle of Buxar ⓘ
signatory	British East India Company ⓘ surface form: East India Company Mughal emperor Shah Alam II ⓘ surface form: Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II Shuja-ud-Daula ⓘ surface form: Nawab of Awadh Shuja-ud-Daula
signedBy	Shah Alam II ⓘ Shuja-ud-Daula ⓘ representatives of the East India Company ⓘ
signedIn	Allahabad ⓘ
subject	political authority in Bengal ⓘ revenue collection rights ⓘ
typeOfRightGranted	fiscal sovereignty ⓘ
year	1765 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Buxar → followedBy → Treaty of Allahabad ⓘ

Battle of Buxar → relatedTreaty → Treaty of Allahabad ⓘ

Mughal emperor Shah Alam II → signed → Treaty of Allahabad ⓘ

subject surface form: Shah Alam II

Nawab of Bengal → powerReducedBy → Treaty of Allahabad ⓘ

British conquest of Bengal → hasPart → Treaty of Allahabad ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty of Allahabad (1765)

British conquest of Bengal → significantEvent → Treaty of Allahabad ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty of Allahabad (1765)

Treaty of Allahabad → alsoKnownAs → Treaty of Allahabad ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allahabad Treaty

Shah Alam II → notableEvent → Treaty of Allahabad ⓘ

Shah Alam II → signed → Treaty of Allahabad ⓘ

Shuja-ud-Daula → signedTreaty → Treaty of Allahabad ⓘ

Battle of Baksar → resultedIn → Treaty of Allahabad ⓘ

Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa → relatedEvent → Treaty of Allahabad ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty of Allahabad (1765)

British conquest of India → hasKeyEvent → Treaty of Allahabad ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty of Allahabad (1765)

Treaties of the British East India Company → hasPart → Treaty of Allahabad ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty of Allahabad (1765)