British Raj (Company rule in India)

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British rule in India colonial regime historical period

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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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
British Raj 4
British East India Company rule in India 3
British Raj (Company rule in India) canonical 3

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British rule in India ⓘ
colonial regime ⓘ
historical period ⓘ
alsoKnownAs John Company ⓘ
surface form: Company Raj

Company rule in India ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Awadh cultural region ⓘ
surface form: Awadh

Bengal Presidency ⓘ
Bombay Presidency ⓘ
Madras Presidency ⓘ
Maratha Empire ⓘ
surface form: Maratha territories

Mysuru ⓘ
surface form: Mysore

North-Western Provinces ⓘ
Punjab, Pakistan ⓘ
surface form: Punjab Province

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 India ⓘ
surface form: British Crown rule in India

British India ⓘ
surface form: British Raj (Crown rule in India)
follows Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ
surface form: Mughal Empire
governingBody British East India Company ⓘ
surface form: East India Company
legalBasis Government of India Acts ⓘ
surface form: Government of India Acts (Charter Acts)

India Act 1784 ⓘ
surface form: Pitt's India Act 1784

Regulating Act 1773 ⓘ
Royal Charter of the East India Company ⓘ
surface form: royal charter of the East India Company
notableAdministrator Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
surface form: Lord Cornwallis

Lord Dalhousie ⓘ
Lord Wellesley ⓘ
Warren Hastings ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
Persian (early period) ⓘ
various Indian languages (administrative use) ⓘ
policy Doctrine of Lapse ⓘ
Indian princely states ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
India Act 1784 ⓘ
surface form: Pitt's India Act 1784

Regulating Act 1773 ⓘ
startTime 1757 ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

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

Lord Dalhousie → era → British Raj (Company rule in India) ⓘ
Company rule in India → followedBy → British Raj (Company rule in India) ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Raj
Treaty of Bassein (1802) → relatedTo → British Raj (Company rule in India) ⓘ
this entity surface form: British East India Company rule in India
Baji Rao II → associatedWith → British Raj (Company rule in India) ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Raj (early phase)
Commander-in-Chief, Bengal → historicalPeriod → British Raj (Company rule in India) ⓘ
this entity surface form: East India Company rule in India
Yogendra Shukla → historicalPeriod → British Raj (Company rule in India) ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Raj
Charter Act 1793 → appliesToJurisdiction → British Raj (Company rule in India) ⓘ
this entity surface form: East India Company territories in India
Man Singh → era → British Raj (Company rule in India) ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Raj (early period)
Central India Field Force → historicalPeriod → British Raj (Company rule in India) ⓘ
Jagdishpur estate → historicalEra → British Raj (Company rule in India) ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Raj
Battle of Koonch → historicalPeriod → British Raj (Company rule in India) ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Raj (early phase)
Government of British India → follows → British Raj (Company rule in India) ⓘ
this entity surface form: East India Company rule in India
Commissioners for the Affairs of India → appliesToJurisdiction → British Raj (Company rule in India) ⓘ
this entity surface form: East India Company territories in India
First Law Commission for India → historicalEra → British Raj (Company rule in India) ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Raj (early phase)
Siege of Bangalore → relatedTo → British Raj (Company rule in India) ⓘ
this entity surface form: British East India Company rule in India
Siege of Delhi (1803) → territorialChange → British Raj (Company rule in India) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Delhi passed under effective British East India Company control
Government House, Nagpur → associatedWith → British Raj (Company rule in India) ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Raj
Sir George Barlow → partOf → British Raj (Company rule in India) ⓘ
British colonial authorities in India → hasPart → British Raj (Company rule in India) ⓘ
this entity surface form: East India Company administration
greased cartridge controversy → relatedTo → British Raj (Company rule in India) ⓘ
subject surface form: Greased cartridge controversy
this entity surface form: British East India Company rule in India