August 12:
The ‘East India’ Company came to India with business intentions, but the infighting and disintegration of the princely states here fueled its political ambition. The Company signed a treaty with the Mughal emperor Shah Alam II on 12 August 1765, known as the Treaty of Allahabad.
It is recorded in history that through this treaty the East India Company got an opportunity to interfere in the political and constitutional system of the country and from here the foundation of British rule in India was laid. In fact, through this treaty, Shah Alam handed over the rights to the company to collect taxes on behalf of the emperor in the eastern provinces of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa, and after that it did not take much time for the company to spread its imperialist wings.
