Who among the following had abolished the Dual Government of Bengal?

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Warren Hastings. After the battle of Buxar, the East India Company became the real masters of Bengal. Robert Clive, the then Governor of Bengal, introduced the dual system of government (dyarchy) i.e. the rule of the Company and the Nawab in Bengal, in which both the diwani (collecting revenues) and nizamat (police and judiciary) came under the control of the Company. This dual system led to an administrative break down and proved diastrous for the people of Bengal. In 1772, Lord Warren Hastings became the Governor of Bengal and in the same year he abolished the dyarchy and Bengal was brought under direct control of the East India Company. The Nawabs remained as the mere pensioners of the East India Company.

Who among the following had abolished the Dual Government of Bengal?

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