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 ikon da ke da ikon Mughal. A cikin karni na gaba, kamfanin ya sami 'yancin kasuwanci na lardin kuma ya ci gaba da zama mai iko a Bengal. A 1757, a yakin Plassey, Birtaniyya ta kayar da nawab Siraj Ud Daulah kuma ta kwace baitul malin Bengal. A shekara ta 1764 an sake tabbatar da ikonsu na soja a Buxar. Yarjejeniyar da ta biyo baya ta ba su diwani, wato, haƙƙin haraji; ta haka Kamfanin ya zama mai mulkin Bengal. Tambaya: Menene kamfanin ya yi?
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