Bengal under Nawabs — Landmark Events

Landmark Events

Farrukhsiyar's Farman (1717)

1717

Though not a judicial judgment, this imperial decree from the Mughal Emperor Farrukhsiyar granted the British East India Company significant trade privileges in Bengal, including…

Treaty of Alinagar (1757)

1757

Signed between Siraj-ud-Daulah and Robert Clive after the Nawab's capture of Calcutta and the subsequent British recapture, this treaty restored the Company's privileges as per…

Battle of Plassey (1757)

1757

This was not a legal judgment but a military and political 'judgment' that irrevocably altered the course of Indian history. The British East India Company, led by Robert Clive,…