Arrange the following historical events in chronological order, beginning with the earliest to the most recent.
(A) First revenue settlement in the Bombay Deccan
(B) The East India Company acquires Diwani of Bengal
(C) Permanent Settlement in Bengal
(D) Regulating Act passed by the British Parliament to regulate the activities of the East India Company
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (B), (D), (C), (A)
(B) The East India Company acquires Diwani of Bengal — 1765. After its victory at Buxar, the Company received from the Mughal emperor Shah Alam II the Diwani, the right to collect the revenue of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa (Treaty of Allahabad).
(D) Regulating Act passed by the British Parliament to regulate the activities of the East India Company — 1773. It was the first Act by which Parliament controlled the Company’s rule in India; the Governor of Bengal (Warren Hastings) became the Governor-General.
(C) Permanent Settlement in Bengal — 1793. Lord Cornwallis fixed the revenue to be paid by the zamindars of Bengal for ever.
(A) First revenue settlement in the Bombay Deccan — 1820s. The Bombay Deccan came under British rule after the defeat of the Peshwa in 1818, and its first settlement was a ryotwari settlement, made directly with the cultivators.