Context: The development of New Imperialism saw the conquest of nearly all eastern hemisphere territories by colonial powers. The commercial colonization of India commenced in 1757, after the Battle of Plassey, when the Nawab of Bengal surrendered his dominions to the British East India Company, in 1765, when the Company was granted the diwani, or the right to collect revenue, in Bengal and Bihar, or in 1772, when the Company established a capital in Calcutta, appointed its first Governor-General, Warren Hastings, and became directly involved in governance.

Question: What did the development of new imperialism cause?
Answer: the conquest of nearly all eastern hemisphere territories by colonial powers.

Question: When did the commercial colonization of India begin?
Answer: 1757

Question: What happened n the battle of Plassey?
Answer: Nawab of Bengal surrendered his dominions to the British East India Company

Question: When was the British East Company given the right to collect revenue?
Answer: 1765

Question: What is the term used to describe the "Right to collect revenue"?
Answer: diwani