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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Label Occurrences
British conquest of India canonical 4
British expansion in India 1

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Statements (76)

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

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 ⓘ
Anglo-Sindh War → partOf → British conquest of India ⓘ