British Raj (Company rule in India)

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British Raj (Company rule in India) refers to the period of British East India Company political and administrative control over large parts of the Indian subcontinent before direct Crown rule was established in 1858.

All labels observed (12)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British rule in India ⓘ
colonial regime ⓘ
historical period ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Company Raj ⓘ
linked to: John Company

Company rule in India ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Awadh ⓘ
Bengal Presidency ⓘ
Bombay Presidency ⓘ
Madras Presidency ⓘ
Maratha territories ⓘ
linked to: Maratha Empire

Mysore ⓘ
linked to: Mysuru

North-Western Provinces ⓘ
Punjab Province ⓘ
linked to: Punjab, Pakistan

Sindh ⓘ
capital Calcutta ⓘ
controllingPower Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
country British India ⓘ
demography predominantly Indian population under foreign rule ⓘ
economicPolicy deindustrialization of some Indian handicrafts ⓘ
land revenue extraction ⓘ
monopoly trade in Indian goods ⓘ
effect foundation for later British Crown rule in India ⓘ
integration of large parts of the Indian subcontinent under British control ⓘ
endCause transfer of power to the British Crown by Government of India Act 1858 ⓘ
endTime 1858 ⓘ
followedBy British Crown rule in India ⓘ
linked to: British India

British Raj (Crown rule in India) ⓘ
linked to: British India
follows Mughal Empire ⓘ
governingBody East India Company ⓘ
legalBasis Government of India Acts (Charter Acts) ⓘ
Pitt's India Act 1784 ⓘ
linked to: India Act 1784

Regulating Act 1773 ⓘ
royal charter of the East India Company ⓘ
notableAdministrator Lord Cornwallis ⓘ
linked to: Charles Cornwallis

Lord Dalhousie ⓘ
Lord Wellesley ⓘ
Warren Hastings ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
Persian (early period) ⓘ
various Indian languages (administrative use) ⓘ
policy Doctrine of Lapse ⓘ
Subsidiary Alliance system ⓘ
significantConflict Anglo-Maratha Wars ⓘ
Anglo-Mysore Wars ⓘ
Anglo-Sikh Wars ⓘ
significantEvent Battle of Buxar ⓘ
Battle of Plassey ⓘ
Charter Act 1813 ⓘ
Charter Act 1833 ⓘ
Charter Act 1853 ⓘ
Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ
Pitt's India Act 1784 ⓘ
linked to: India Act 1784

Regulating Act 1773 ⓘ
startTime 1757 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (35)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lord Dalhousie → era → British Raj (Company rule in India) ⓘ
Company rule in India → followedBy → British Raj ⓘ
linked to: British Raj (Company rule in India)
Treaty of Bassein (1802) → relatedTo → British East India Company rule in India ⓘ
linked to: British Raj (Company rule in India)
Baji Rao II → associatedWith → British Raj (early phase) ⓘ
linked to: British Raj (Company rule in India)
Commander-in-Chief, Bengal → historicalPeriod → East India Company rule in India ⓘ
linked to: British Raj (Company rule in India)
Yogendra Shukla → historicalPeriod → British Raj ⓘ
linked to: British Raj (Company rule in India)
Charter Act 1793 → appliesToJurisdiction → East India Company territories in India ⓘ
linked to: British Raj (Company rule in India)
Man Singh → era → British Raj (early period) ⓘ
linked to: British Raj (Company rule in India)
Central India Field Force → historicalPeriod → British Raj (Company rule in India) ⓘ
Jagdishpur estate → historicalEra → British Raj ⓘ
linked to: British Raj (Company rule in India)
Battle of Koonch → historicalPeriod → British Raj (early phase) ⓘ
linked to: British Raj (Company rule in India)
Government of British India → follows → East India Company rule in India ⓘ
linked to: British Raj (Company rule in India)
Commissioners for the Affairs of India → appliesToJurisdiction → East India Company territories in India ⓘ
linked to: British Raj (Company rule in India)
First Law Commission for India → historicalEra → British Raj (early phase) ⓘ
linked to: British Raj (Company rule in India)
Siege of Bangalore → relatedTo → British East India Company rule in India ⓘ
linked to: British Raj (Company rule in India)
Siege of Delhi (1803) → territorialChange → Delhi passed under effective British East India Company control ⓘ
linked to: British Raj (Company rule in India)
Government House, Nagpur → associatedWith → British Raj ⓘ
linked to: British Raj (Company rule in India)
Sir George Barlow → partOf → British Raj (Company rule in India) ⓘ
British colonial authorities in India → hasPart → East India Company administration ⓘ
linked to: British Raj (Company rule in India)
Greased cartridge controversy → relatedTo → British East India Company rule in India ⓘ
subject linked to: greased cartridge controversy
linked to: British Raj (Company rule in India)
The Residency, Lucknow → builtBy → British East India Company administration ⓘ
linked to: British Raj (Company rule in India)
James Neill → historicalPeriod → British Raj (early period) ⓘ
linked to: British Raj (Company rule in India)
Servants of God → opposedTo → British Raj ⓘ
linked to: British Raj (Company rule in India)
Ceded Districts → governedBy → British East India Company administration ⓘ
linked to: British Raj (Company rule in India)
Treaty of Masulipatam (1768) → relatedTo → British East India Company rule in India ⓘ
linked to: British Raj (Company rule in India)
Treaty of Masulipatam (1768) → timePeriod → British East India Company era ⓘ
linked to: British Raj (Company rule in India)
impeachment of Warren Hastings → significantPlace → East India Company territories in India ⓘ
linked to: British Raj (Company rule in India)
Raja of Orchha → usedDuring → British Raj ⓘ
linked to: British Raj (Company rule in India)
India Board → appliesToJurisdiction → East India Company territories in India ⓘ
linked to: British Raj (Company rule in India)
Thomas Munro → affiliation → East India Company administration in India ⓘ
linked to: British Raj (Company rule in India)
Governor-General of the Presidency Towns of India → partOf → British East India Company administration ⓘ
linked to: British Raj (Company rule in India)
Nizam VI, Mir Mahbub Ali Khan → era → British Raj ⓘ
linked to: British Raj (Company rule in India)
Lord Auckland → oversaw → East India Company administration in India ⓘ
linked to: British Raj (Company rule in India)
History of India → includesEvent → British East India Company rule in India ⓘ
linked to: British Raj (Company rule in India)
History of India → includesEvent → British Raj ⓘ
linked to: British Raj (Company rule in India)