British conquest of India

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The British conquest of India was the gradual establishment of British colonial rule over the Indian subcontinent from the mid-18th to the mid-19th century, culminating in the dominance of the British Raj.

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British conquest of India canonical 3
British expansion in India 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial conquest
historical process
part of British Empire expansion
culminatesIn direct rule by British Crown in India
establishment of British Raj
followedBy British Raj
linked to: British India
hasCause European colonial competition in Asia
commercial interests of British East India Company
decline of Mughal Empire
military superiority of British forces
hasEffect decline of many Indian princely states
establishment of British colonial rule over India
integration of India into British Empire
political unification of large parts of Indian subcontinent under British rule
restructuring of Indian economy towards colonial interests
transfer of power from East India Company to British Crown
hasEndTime mid-19th century
hasKeyEvent Battle of Buxar
Battle of Plassey
First Anglo-Sikh War
linked to: Anglo-Sikh Wars

Fourth Anglo-Mysore War
Government of India Act 1858
Indian Rebellion of 1857
Second Anglo-Sikh War
Third Anglo-Maratha War
Third Anglo-Mysore War
Treaty of Allahabad (1765)
linked to: Treaty of Allahabad

annexation of Punjab (1849)
hasLocation Awadh
linked to: Oudh

Bengal
Carnatic region
India
Indian subcontinent
linked to: South Asia

Maratha Confederacy
linked to: Maratha Empire

Mysore
linked to: Mysuru

Punjab
Sindh
hasMainAgent British Crown
British East India Company
hasMethod annexation through doctrine of lapse
diplomatic alliances
economic domination
military conquest
subsidiary alliances
hasPart Anglo-Maratha Wars
Anglo-Mysore Wars
Anglo-Sikh Wars
Battle of Buxar
Battle of Plassey
Carnatic Wars
annexation of Awadh
annexation of Sindh
doctrine of lapse annexations
subsidiary alliance system
hasSignificantFigure Bahadur Shah II
Lord Dalhousie
Lord Wellesley
Mir Jafar
Robert Clive
Tipu Sultan
Warren Hastings
hasStartTime mid-18th century
hasTimePoint 1757
1764
1765
1799
1818
1843
1849
1857
1858
opposedBy Kingdom of Mysore
Maratha Confederacy
linked to: Maratha Empire

Mughal Empire
Sikh Empire
various Indian princely states

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Anglo-Sikh Wars partOf British conquest of India
Third Anglo-Maratha War partOf British conquest of India
British conquest of Bengal partOf British expansion in India
linked to: British conquest of India
Anglo-Mysore Wars partOf British conquest of India