Question

Describe the main provisions of the Treaty of Allahabad.

Answer 1

The following were the main terms of the Treaty of Allahabad (1765) :

• The English and the Nawab of Awadh promised to help each other in case of any war.
• The Nawab promised to pay fifty lakh rupees to the English as compensation of war.
• The Mughal Emperor Shah Alam granted Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa to the British Company. The English, in return, agreed to pay a pension of? 26 Lakhs per annum to Shah Alam.
• The Nawab of Awadh promised not to give shelter to Mir Kasim in his state.