A cikin karni na 17, an ba Kamfanin Ingila na Gabashin Indiya kyautar garin Calcutta ta Mughal Prince Shah Shuja. A wannan lokacin Kamfanin ya kasance wani iko ne na Mughal. A cikin karni na gaba, kamfanin ya sami ikon cinikayya na lardin kuma ya ci gaba da zama babban iko a Bengal. A shekara ta 1757, a yakin Plassey, 'yan Burtaniya sun ci nasara da nawab Siraj Ud Daulah kuma sun sace baitul malin Bengal. A shekara ta 1764 an sake tabbatar da ikon sojan su a Buxar. Yarjejeniyar da ta biyo baya ta ba su diwani, wato, haƙƙin haraji; ta haka Kamfanin ya zama mai mulkin Bengal. Tambaya: A wace shekara aka sake tabbatar da ikon soja?
Shekaru 1764