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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.
Identify the Mughal emperor and the British governor.
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Solution
Mughal Emperor – Shah Alam II, British Governor – Robert Clive
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