Following the Treaty of Allahabad (1765), Robert Clive set up the infamous dual system of administration in Bengal wherein the Company acquired the real power, while the responsibility of administration rested on the Nawab of government system, the Company got both the diwani (revenue) and nizamat (civil administration) functions of Bengal from two different sources; diwani from the Mughal emperor and nizamat from the nawab of Bengal.
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