Conflicts with the Afghans
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| The treaty marked the political and constitutional involvement of the British in India.<ref name=":2">{{cite book |last=Bhattacherje |first=S. B. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oGVSvXuCsyUC&pg=SL1-PA63 |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Events & Dates |date=2009 |publisher=Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd |isbn=978-81-207-4074-7 |page=A-96}}</ref> Based on the terms of the agreement, Alam granted the East India Company ''Diwani rights'', or the right to collect taxes on behalf of the Emperor from the eastern province of Bengal-Bihar-Orissa. These rights allowed the company to collect revenue directly from the [[Bengal Subah]]. In return, the Company paid an annual tribute of twenty-six [[lakh]] rupees while securing for Shah Alam II the districts of [[Kora Jahanabad|Kora]] and [[Allahabad]]. The tribute money paid to the emperor was for the maintenance of the Emperor's court in Allahabad. The [[Nawab of Awadh]] [[Shuja-ud-Daula|Shuja ud Daulah]] also had to pay fifty lakhs of rupees as war indemnity to the East India Company.<ref name=":2" /> | The treaty marked the political and constitutional involvement of the British in India.<ref name=":2">{{cite book |last=Bhattacherje |first=S. B. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oGVSvXuCsyUC&pg=SL1-PA63 |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Events & Dates |date=2009 |publisher=Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd |isbn=978-81-207-4074-7 |page=A-96}}</ref> Based on the terms of the agreement, Alam granted the East India Company ''Diwani rights'', or the right to collect taxes on behalf of the Emperor from the eastern province of Bengal-Bihar-Orissa. These rights allowed the company to collect revenue directly from the [[Bengal Subah]]. In return, the Company paid an annual tribute of twenty-six [[lakh]] rupees while securing for Shah Alam II the districts of [[Kora Jahanabad|Kora]] and [[Allahabad]]. The tribute money paid to the emperor was for the maintenance of the Emperor's court in Allahabad. The [[Nawab of Awadh]] [[Shuja-ud-Daula|Shuja ud Daulah]] also had to pay fifty lakhs of rupees as war indemnity to the East India Company.<ref name=":2" /> |
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| === Conflict with the Durrani Empire === | === Conflict with the Durrani Empire === |
| == Sikh rebellions == | |
| == Indian Rebellion of 1857 and Formal End == | == Indian Rebellion of 1857 and Formal End == |
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