British conquest of India

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colonial conquest historical process part of British Empire expansion

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	3
British expansion in India	1

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 India ⓘ surface form: British Raj
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 ⓘ Anglo-Sikh Wars ⓘ surface form: First Anglo-Sikh War 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 ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Allahabad (1765) annexation of Punjab (1849) ⓘ
hasLocation	Oudh ⓘ surface form: Awadh Bengal ⓘ Carnatic region of India ⓘ surface form: Carnatic region India ⓘ South Asia ⓘ surface form: Indian subcontinent Maratha Empire ⓘ surface form: Maratha Confederacy Mysuru ⓘ surface form: Mysore 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 Empire ⓘ surface form: Maratha Confederacy Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ surface form: Mughal Empire Sikh Empire ⓘ various Indian princely states ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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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 conquest of India ⓘ

this entity surface form: British expansion in India

Anglo-Mysore Wars → partOf → British conquest of India ⓘ