Q. The dual government of Bengal was result of a farman in 1765 by which of the following?
Answer: Shah Alam
Notes: The Treaty of Allahabad was signed on 12 August 1765 between Shah Alam II and Clive. Shah Alam II granted the East India Company Diwani rights of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa. The company was granted the Diwani rights but the Nawab handed over all his administrative and military power (Nizamati) to the Diwan appointed by the company. This system was known as the system of dual government. The company had the Power without responsibility and the Nawab had the Responsibility without the power. This system was criticized as the masked system of Lord Clive. In the year 1772, Warren Hastings abolished the system of dual government.
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