The practice of using dastaks for almost any goods was consolidated by Robert Clive when he overthrew the then nawab of Bengal, Mir Quasim after he opposed the British East India Company's position that their imperial Mughal licence (dastak) meant that they could trade without paying taxes (other local merchants with dastaks were required to pay up to 40\% of their revenue as tax). The British then seized control of the province of Bengal by reinstating puppet ruler Mir Jafar.
The practice of using dastaks for almost any goods was consolidated by Robert Clive when he overthrew the then Nawab of Bengal, Mir Quasim after he opposed the British East India Company's position that their dastaks meant that they could trade without paying taxes (other local merchants with dastaks were required to pay up to 40\% of their revenue as tax). The British then seized control of the province of Bengal by reinstating puppet ruler Mir Jafar.
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imperial Mughal licence (dastak)
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