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Revision note: Conquest of Bengal: Plassey, Buxar and the Dual Government

  • Murshid Quli Khan: Murshidabad, revenue farming; Alivardi Khan resisted Marathas
  • Causes of 1756–57 conflict: dastak misuse, Calcutta fortification, shelter to Krishna Das
  • Plassey 23 June 1757: Clive; conspiracy of Mir Jafar, Jagat Seth, Rai Durlabh, Omichand; 24 Parganas zamindari
  • Mir Qasim (1760–63): capital Monghyr, abolished internal duties 1763
  • Buxar 22 Oct 1764: Munro vs Mir Qasim, Shuja-ud-Daula, Shah Alam II
  • Allahabad 1765: diwani of Bengal, Bihar, Orissa for ₹26 lakh; Awadh buffer state
  • Dual Government 1765–72; Bengal famine 1770; ended by Warren Hastings 1772
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