Which of the following was/were the provision/s of Farrukhsiyar’s Farmans of British? 1. The Company was permitted to issue dastaks (passes) for the transportation of goods. 2. The Company was permitted to rent more land around Calcutta. 3. In Surat, for an annual payment of 100,000 rupees, the East India Company was exempted from the levy of all duties. Choose the correct answer from below given codes: |ForumIAS

Q. Which of the following was/were the provision/s of Farrukhsiyar’s Farmans of British?
1.The Company was permitted to issue dastaks (passes) for the transportation of goods.
2.The Company was permitted to rent more land around Calcutta.
3.In Surat, for an annual payment of 100,000 rupees, the East India Company was exempted from the levy of all duties.
Choose the correct answer from below given codes:

[A] 1 only

[B] 1 and 2 only

[C] 2 and 3 only

[D] 1, 2 and 3

Answer: B

Notes:

Explanation: In 1715, an English mission led by John Surman to the court of the Mughal emperor Farrukhsiyar secured three famous farmans, giving the Company many valuable privileges in Bengal, Gujarat and Hyderabad.

The farmans thus obtained were regarded as the Magna Carta of the Company. Their important terms were:

In Bengal, the Company’s imports and exports were exempted from additional customs duties excepting the annual payment of 3,000 rupees as settled earlier.
The Company was permitted to issue dastaks (passes) for the transportation of such goods.
The Company was permitted to rent more land around Calcutta.
In Hyderabad, the Company retained its existing privilege of freedom from duties in trade and had to pay the prevailing rent only for Madras.
In Surat, for an annual payment of 10,000 rupees, the East India Company was exempted from the levy of all duties.

Source: Spectrum Modern India

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