The Company's nature changed drastically in the mid-18th century. After the Battle of Plassey (1757) , led by Robert Clive, the BEIC defeated the Nawab of Bengal. This victory granted the Company "Diwani" rights—the authority to collect taxes on behalf of the Mughal Emperor. For the first time, a private commercial entity possessed the sovereign power to tax millions of people and maintain its own private army, which at its peak was twice the size of the British military.
While it introduced some Western educational and legal reforms, its aggressive tax policies and cultural insensitivity caused widespread suffering, particularly during the Great Bengal Famine of 1770. Д°ngiliz DoДџu Hindistan Ећirketi Pdf Oku
In , the British Parliament passed the Government of India Act, transferring all of the Company's powers to the Crown. This marked the beginning of the British Raj , and the East India Company was officially dissolved in 1874. The Company's nature changed drastically in the mid-18th