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.

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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

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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)