The Fox–North coalition was dismissed after an attempt to regulate this body failed, leading Pitt the Younger to restrict this body’s independence by appointing a Board of Control. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this trading company that faced a series of regulating reforms in the late 18th century that once controlled much of the trade from a namesake subcontinent.
ANSWER: British East India Company [or BEIC; accept English East India Company; accept Honorable East India Company or HEIC; prompt on East India Company or EIC]
[10m] The regulations were partially prompted by the company’s increased power after it seized a series of Diwani rights to this region after the battles of Buxar and Plassey.
ANSWER: Bengal [or Bānglā; or Bôngô]
[10h] The company authorized these hereditary landlords to collect taxes and manage plantations in Bengal under the Permanent Settlement. The name of these people comes from the word for “landowner” in Persian.
ANSWER: zamindars [or zômindars; or jamīdārs; or jômidars]
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