Treaties of the British East India Company

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The Treaties of the British East India Company are a collection of formal agreements through which the Company expanded and consolidated its political and territorial control in the Indian subcontinent during the 17th to 19th centuries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British East India Company policy tool
colonial-era legal instrument
historical treaty collection
appliesTo Awadh
linked to: Oudh

British East India Company
Hyderabad State
Indian princely states
Maratha Confederacy
linked to: Maratha Empire

Mughal Empire
Mysore
linked to: Mysuru

Sikh Empire
endTime 19th century
enforcedBy British East India Company army
Royal Navy presence in the Indian Ocean
hasLocation Awadh region
Bengal
Burma
linked to: Burma (until 1937)

Deccan
linked to: Deccan Plateau

Indian subcontinent
linked to: South Asia

Mysore region
linked to: southern Karnataka

Punjab NERFINISHED
hasPart Doctrine of Lapse–related agreements
linked to: Doctrine of Lapse

Subsidiary Alliance treaties
Treaty of Allahabad (1765)
linked to: Treaty of Allahabad

Treaty of Amritsar (1809)
Treaty of Bassein (1802)
Treaty of Bhairowal (1846) ONDG
Treaty of Lahore (1846)
Treaty of Madras (1769) NERFINISHED
Treaty of Mangalore (1784) NERFINISHED
Treaty of Purandar (1776) NERFINISHED
Treaty of Salbai (1782) NERFINISHED
Treaty of Seringapatam (1792)
Treaty of Srirangapatna (1799) ONDG
Treaty of Yandabo (1826)
linked to: Treaty of Yandabo
hasPurpose establishing military alliances
formalizing British suzerainty
legitimizing Company rule under international and local law
political control over Indian polities
regulating tribute and revenue collection
securing commercial privileges
territorial expansion in the Indian subcontinent
languageUsed English
Persian
various regional Indian languages
legalForm capitulation
commercial convention
defensive alliance
subsidiary alliance
written treaty
replacedBy treaties of the British Crown in India after 1858
startTime 17th century

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Treaty of Amritsar (1809) category Treaties of the British East India Company
Treaty of Allahabad category Treaties of the East India Company
linked to: Treaties of the British East India Company
Treaty of Allahabad category Treaties of British India
linked to: Treaties of the British East India Company
Treaty of Madras category Treaties of the British East India Company
Treaty of Surji-Anjangaon category Treaties of the British East India Company
Treaty of Mandeswar (1818) category Treaties of the British East India Company
Treaty of Amritsar (1846) category Treaties of British India
linked to: Treaties of the British East India Company