Treaties of the British East India Company

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British East India Company policy tool colonial-era legal instrument historical treaty collection

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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Label	Occurrences
Treaties of the British East India Company canonical	4
Treaties of British India	2
Treaties of the East India Company	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British East India Company policy tool ⓘ colonial-era legal instrument ⓘ historical treaty collection ⓘ
appliesTo	Oudh ⓘ surface form: Awadh British East India Company ⓘ Hyderabad State ⓘ Indian princely states ⓘ Maratha Empire ⓘ surface form: Maratha Confederacy Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ surface form: Mughal Empire Mysuru ⓘ surface form: Mysore Sikh Empire ⓘ
endTime	19th century ⓘ
enforcedBy	British East India Company forces ⓘ surface form: British East India Company army Royal Navy presence in the Indian Ocean ⓘ
hasLocation	Awadh cultural region ⓘ surface form: Awadh region Bengal ⓘ Burma (until 1937) ⓘ surface form: Burma Deccan Plateau ⓘ surface form: Deccan South Asia ⓘ surface form: Indian subcontinent southern Karnataka ⓘ surface form: Mysore region Punjab NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	Doctrine of Lapse ⓘ surface form: Doctrine of Lapse–related agreements Subsidiary Alliance system ⓘ surface form: Subsidiary Alliance treaties Treaty of Allahabad ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Allahabad (1765) 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 ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Seringapatam (1792) Treaty of Srirangapatna (1799) ONDG ⓘ Treaty of Yandabo ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Yandabo (1826)
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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 British East India Company ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaties of the East India Company

Treaty of Allahabad → category → Treaties of the British East India Company ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaties of British India

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 the British East India Company ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaties of British India