Which date was the East India Company appointed as the Diwan of Bengal?
Ruling The Countryside

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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12 August 1770
12 August 1765
12 August 1885
12 August 1793
2.
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As Diwan, the Company became the _____ _________ _____________ of the territory under its control.
Zamindar
Rajas and Taluqdars
Chief financial administrator
3.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
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What did the East India company had to do/think of after being the Diwan of Bengal?
Administering the land and organizing its revenue resources.
Make choices which could yield enough revenue to meet the growing expenses of the company.
Pacify the local power and Zamindars.
Ensure that it could buy the products it needed and sell what it wanted.
4.
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Being an alien power, what did the company had to do?
Pacify those who in the past had ruled the countryside, and enjoyed authority and prestige.
Those who had local power had to be controlled but they could not be entirely eliminated.
It didn't ask for revenue.
5.
FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION
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The Company had become the Diwan, but it still saw itself as a ______.
(The answer should be one-word, use capital letters for the whole answer)
6.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
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What was Companies effort in?
Increase the revenue as much as it could.
Importing gold and silver from Britain.
Buy fine cotton and silk cloth as cheaply as possible.
To set up a regular system of assessment and collection.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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In ____ a terrible famine killed ___ _______ people in Bengal.
1865, one million
1765, ten million
1770, ten million
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