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Question
This picture portrays a momentous event in 1765, involving a British Governor and a Mughal emperor wherein the Mughal emperor is conveying the grant of the Diwani to the governor.
What is the significance of this grant of the Diwani?
Solution
The significance of granting the company the Diwani i.e. the right to collect revenue from these provinces and judge civil cases.
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