ABSTRACT
The grant of the Dewani in August 1765, to the East India Company on the payment of an annual sum of twenty-six lakhs of rupees to the Mughal Emperor is the starting-point of British revenue administration. The general powers of administration subsequently acquired were due directly to the power held by the Company over the person of the Nazim, and only indirectly to the revenue grant, which conferred on the Company absolute financial control of the three subas. From 1765– 1772 the collection of the revenue was entirely in the hands of Muhammad Reza Khan. The revenue demand had shown a big decline since 1777, and despite the fact arrears continued to accrue. The Collector was denied any interference with the new settlement of the revenue; special officers were deputed by the Committee of Revenue for the purpose, and it is interesting to note that Shore himself was deputed for the settlement of Dacca.
