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title: Map of the East India Company's Rise to Power, c. 1765: Robert Clive and the Making of Company Power in India
author: Simeon Netchev
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# Map of the East India Company's Rise to Power, c. 1765: Robert Clive and the Making of Company Power in India
_Authored by [Simeon Netchev](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/simeonnetchev/)_
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## Image Caption
The British [East India Company](https://www.worldhistory.org/East_India_Company/)'s (EIC) rise to power in [India](https://www.worldhistory.org/india/) accelerated between 1757 and 1765 as a commercial corporation increasingly acquired military, political, territorial, and fiscal authority. [Robert Clive](https://www.worldhistory.org/Robert_Clive/)'s victory at the [Battle of Plassey](https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2107/battle-of-plassey/) (1757) established strong Company influence over the Nawab of Bengal, while Burdwan, Midnapore, and Chittagong were ceded in 1760. At the [Battle of Buxar](https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2116/battle-of-buxar/) (1764), Company forces defeated an alliance involving the Nawab of Bengal, Shuja-ud-Daula of Awadh, and Mughal emperor Shah Alam II. In 1765, Shah Alam granted the Company the Diwani, or revenue-collection rights, of Bengal, Bihar, and nominally Orissa.
The settlement marked an important transition from commercial influence to fiscal-military power, but it did not create a unified British territorial [empire](https://www.worldhistory.org/empire/). The Company governed through overlapping arrangements of direct possession, revenue rights, alliances, and dependent rulers, while much of the subcontinent remained under Indian powers such as the Maratha Confederacy, Mysore, Hyderabad, Awadh, and the Sikh Misls. Revenue from Bengal provided the Company with resources that helped finance armies, administration, and later expansion, making 1765 a major turning point in the development of Company rule in India.
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## About the Author
Simeon is a freelance visual designer and history educator, passionate about the human stories that shape the past.
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