British East India Company

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chartered company colonial enterprise trading company

The British East India Company was a powerful English trading corporation that dominated commerce and colonial expansion in India and Asia from the 17th to the 19th century.

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All labels observed (32)

Label Occurrences
British East India Company canonical 448
East India Company 102
English East India Company 9

Statements (104)

Predicate Object
instanceOf chartered company ⓘ
colonial enterprise ⓘ
trading company ⓘ
abolishedPractice Sati (in Bengal Presidency) ⓘ
abolitionOfSatiYear 1829 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs John Company ⓘ
archivesHeldAt British Library ⓘ
charterGrantedBy Elizabeth I of England ⓘ
charterRevokedYear 1858 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of England ⓘ
dateDissolved 1874-06-01 ⓘ
dateFounded 1600-12-31 ⓘ
dissolvedBy East India Stock Dividend Redemption Act 1873 ⓘ
diwaniGrantedBy Mughal emperor Shah Alam II ⓘ
diwaniGrantYear 1765 ⓘ
economicImpactOn deindustrialization of Indian textile sector ⓘ
expansion of British imperial trade ⓘ
engagedIn colonial administration ⓘ
naval trade protection ⓘ
opium trade to China ⓘ
tax collection in India ⓘ
warfare in India ⓘ
establishedTradingPost Mumbai ⓘ
surface form: Bombay

Calcutta ⓘ
Chennai ⓘ
surface form: Madras

Surat ⓘ
foundedBy Elizabeth I of England ⓘ
London merchants ⓘ
foundedCity Bengal Presidency ⓘ
Bombay Presidency ⓘ
Madras Presidency ⓘ
governanceStructure Court of Directors ⓘ
Court of Proprietors ⓘ
governedTerritory Bengal Presidency ⓘ
Bombay Presidency ⓘ
Burma (partly) ⓘ
Madras Presidency ⓘ
North-Western Provinces ⓘ
Punjab ⓘ
surface form: Punjab (after annexation)

Sindh ⓘ
grantedMonopolyOn English trade with the East Indies ⓘ
headquartersLocation London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
influencedBy British Parliament ⓘ
introducedPolicy Doctrine of Lapse ⓘ
involvedIn Boston Tea Party ⓘ
involvedInWar Anglo-Maratha Wars ⓘ
Anglo-Sikh Wars ⓘ
First Anglo-Mysore War ⓘ
Opium Wars ⓘ
surface form: First Opium War

Fourth Anglo-Mysore War ⓘ
Second Anglo-Mysore War ⓘ
Opium Wars ⓘ
surface form: Second Opium War

Third Anglo-Mysore War ⓘ
keyEvent Battle of Buxar ⓘ
Battle of Plassey ⓘ
Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ
laterCountryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
legacy creation of British colonial state in India ⓘ
foundation of modern Indian civil service ⓘ
mainCommodity china ⓘ
cotton textiles ⓘ
indigo dye ⓘ
opium ⓘ
salt ⓘ
saltpeter ⓘ
silk ⓘ
spices ⓘ
tea ⓘ
maintainedPrivateArmy true ⓘ
monopolyEndYear 1813 ⓘ
monopolyEndYearOnChinaTrade 1833 ⓘ
monopolyStartYear 1600 ⓘ
notableGovernorGeneral Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
surface form: Lord Cornwallis

Lord Dalhousie ⓘ
Lord Wellesley ⓘ
Warren Hastings ⓘ
obtainedDiwaniOf Bengal ⓘ
Bihar ⓘ
Orissa ⓘ
originalName British East India Company self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Governor and Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East-Indies
playedRoleIn establishment of British Raj ⓘ
politicalImpactOn decline of Mughal Empire ⓘ
rise of British Raj ⓘ
primaryRegionOfActivity South Asia ⓘ
surface form: Indian subcontinent
privateArmyPeakStrength over 250000 soldiers ⓘ
regionOfActivity East Africa ⓘ
East Asia ⓘ
Persian Gulf ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
relatedLegislation Tea Act ⓘ
surface form: Tea Act 1773
shortName EIC ⓘ
British East India Company self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: East India Company
subjectToRegulationBy Charter Act 1813 ⓘ
Charter Act 1833 ⓘ
Charter Act 1853 ⓘ
India Act 1784 ⓘ
surface form: Pitt's India Act 1784

India Act 1784 ⓘ
surface form: Regulating Act 1773
successor British Crown rule in India ⓘ
supervisedBy Board of Control ⓘ
suppliedTeaFor Boston Tea Party ⓘ
teaImportedTo Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
wonBattle Battle of Buxar ⓘ
Battle of Plassey ⓘ

Referenced by (595)

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

Tea Act → grantedMonopolyTo → British East India Company ⓘ
Beaver → operatedBy → British East India Company ⓘ
Beaver → cargoOwner → British East India Company ⓘ
Robert Clive → militaryBranch → British East India Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: East India Company army
Robert Clive → employer → British East India Company ⓘ
Bombay Presidency → establishedBy → British East India Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: East India Company
Indian Rebellion of 1857 → opponent → British East India Company ⓘ
Indian Rebellion of 1857 → belligerent → British East India Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: British East India Company forces
John Stuart Mill → employer → British East India Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: East India Company
British Empire → majorCompany → British East India Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: East India Company
Battle of Plassey → belligerent → British East India Company ⓘ
Calcutta → foundedBy → British East India Company ⓘ
Madras Presidency → governingBody → British East India Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: East India Company
Sind → annexedBy → British East India Company ⓘ
Thomas Pitt (grandfather, Governor of Madras) → employer → British East India Company ⓘ
subject surface form: Thomas Pitt
this entity surface form: English East India Company
British East India Company → originalName → British East India Company self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Governor and Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East-Indies
British East India Company → shortName → British East India Company self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: East India Company
Maratha Empire → conflict → British East India Company ⓘ
Siege of Manila (1762) → belligerent → British East India Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: East India Company forces
Oudh → annexedBy → British East India Company ⓘ
East India Company College → operatedBy → British East India Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: East India Company
East India Company College → operatedBy → British East India Company ⓘ
East India Company College → foundedBy → British East India Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: East India Company
East India Company College → foundedBy → British East India Company ⓘ
East India Company College → ownedBy → British East India Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: East India Company
Carnatic region of India → underInfluenceOf → British East India Company ⓘ
Siraj ud-Daulah → defeatedBy → British East India Company ⓘ
Siraj ud-Daulah → opponent → British East India Company ⓘ
Statue of Robert Clive in London → associatedWith → British East India Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: East India Company
Bombay Castle → builtBy → British East India Company ⓘ
Bombay Castle → controlledBy → British East India Company ⓘ
ICS → precededBy → British East India Company ⓘ
subject surface form: Indian Civil Service
this entity surface form: East India Company civil service
Doctrine of Lapse → appliedBy → British East India Company ⓘ
Rani Lakshmibai → opponent → British East India Company ⓘ
Siege of Arcot → belligerent → British East India Company ⓘ
Indian Ocean trade network → sawInterventionBy → British East India Company ⓘ
Bengal Army → controlledBy → British East India Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: East India Company
Bengal Army → allegiance → British East India Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: East India Company
India Act 1784 → hasSubject → British East India Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: East India Company
India Act 1784 → appliesToJurisdiction → British East India Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: East India Company territories in India
Battle of Chandannagar → belligerent → British East India Company ⓘ
British Ceylon → introducedBy → British East India Company ⓘ
Nana Sahib → opponent → British East India Company ⓘ
Mangal Pandey → allegiance → British East India Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: East India Company
Sikh Empire → neighbor → British East India Company ⓘ
James Mill → employer → British East India Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: East India Company
Siege of Delhi → combatant → British East India Company ⓘ
Siege of Lucknow → belligerent → British East India Company ⓘ
Tatya Tope → opponent → British East India Company ⓘ
Siege of Cawnpore → belligerent → British East India Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: East India Company