British Conquest for Bengal: Battles of #Plassey and #Buxar | #ParikshaJunction | #battlesoflegend

#British Conquest for Bengal: #Battles of #Plassey and #Buxar Part 1 = https://youtu.be/bP30a-AlnwI #Bengal in the 17th-18th Century 📌 In Mughal Period: Bengal was the most fertile and the richest province of the Mughal Empire and included present day Bangladesh and states of Bihar and Odisha. 📌 The authoritative powers of the province lay in the hands of the Nawab of Bengal. 📌 Economic Importance: Bengal held economic importance for its famous textiles, silk and saltpeter. 📌 Exports from Bengal to Europe consisted of saltpetre, rice, indigo, pepper, sugar, silk, cotton textiles, handicrafts, etc. 📌 Importance for the British: Bengal became the first kingdom to be occupied by the British in India. The East India Company carried on profitable trade with this province. ✅ The enormous resources of Bengal came in handy for financing the British expansion. ✅ Nearly 60% of the British imports from Asia consisted of goods from Bengal. ✅ The British East India company laid the foundation of Calcutta and established British commercial settlement in the 1690s. ✅ The Company paid a sum of Rs 3,000 (£ 350) per annum to the Mughal emperor who allowed them to trade freely in Bengal. ✅ In contrast, the Company’s exports from Bengal were worth more than £ 50,000 per annum. 📌 Conflicts among Nawabs and the British: The special privileges enjoyed by the British Company was strongly opposed by the Nawabs of Bengal as it meant a huge loss to the provincial exchequer. 📌 Consequently, the friction between the British commercial interests and the Bengal government became the chief cause for conflict between the two. 📌 As a result, the British felt a need for a “puppet” as the Nawab on the throne of Bengal to willingly give them trade concessions and other privileges and establish their indirect but ultimate power in the province. Watch now for more Interesting lecture 🍣🍣🍣🍣🍣🍣🍣🍣🍣🍣