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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?
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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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