Question

Who introduced Dual Government in India?
1. Warren Hasting
2. Lord Cornwallis
3. Robert Clive
4. William Bentick

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Robert Clive

The correct answer is Robert Clive.

• Robert Clive introduced the Dual administration after the Battle of Buxar(1764).
• The characteristics of the dual administration were as follows-

1. Diwani rights/ Fiscal Revenue was kept under the company.
2. Nizamat/Administration of criminal justice was kept under Nawab.

• Dual Government created a lot of confusion and hence Warren Hasting abolished dual Government with the introduction of Regulating Act,1773.
• The dual Government comes into action after the Treaty of Allahabad (1765) which was signed between Robert Clive and the Nawab of Awadh and Mughal emperor Shah Alam II.