British East Indies

E508520
colonial territory grouping historical region

The British East Indies refers to the territories in the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia that were under British colonial influence or control, including parts of India, Malaya, and surrounding regions.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
British East Indies canonical 1
British Empire in Asia 1

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial territory grouping ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
borderedBy Dutch East Indies NERFINISHED ⓘ
French Indochina NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital Calcutta (for British India) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Singapore (for Straits Settlements) NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
economy opium trade ⓘ
plantation agriculture ⓘ
rubber production ⓘ
spice trade ⓘ
tea production ⓘ
tin mining ⓘ
governingBody British Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ
British East India Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart Aden NERFINISHED ⓘ
Andaman Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
British India NERFINISHED ⓘ
British Malaya NERFINISHED ⓘ
British-controlled trading posts in the East Indies ⓘ
Burma NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ceylon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Labuan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Malacca NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nicobar Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
North Borneo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Penang NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sarawak NERFINISHED ⓘ
Singapore NERFINISHED ⓘ
Straits Settlements NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRole key part of British imperial trade routes ⓘ
link between Europe and East Asia ⓘ
influencedBy British colonialism ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locatedIn Indian Ocean region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
partOf British Empire ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
successor Brunei NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indonesia (for some former British-held islands and posts) ⓘ
Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Myanmar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Republic of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
Singapore NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod 18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
usedFor resource extraction ⓘ
strategic naval bases ⓘ
trade ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

East Indies → relatedTo → British East Indies ⓘ
Prince of Wales Island → partOf → British East Indies ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Empire in Asia