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 ⓘ
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) ⓘ
Treaty of Lahore (1846) ⓘ
Treaty of Madras (1769) ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Madras

Treaty of Mangalore (1784) ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Mangalore

Treaty of Purandar (1776) ⓘ
Treaty of Salbai (1782) ⓘ
Treaty of Seringapatam (1792) ⓘ
Treaty of Srirangapatna (1799) ⓘ
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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Referenced by (9)

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

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
Treaty of Mandsaur → category → Treaties of the British East India Company ⓘ
Phulkian dynasty → treatyWith → Treaties with British East India Company ⓘ
linked to: Treaties of the British East India Company