British East India Company

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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.


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 Bombay
Calcutta
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 (after annexation)
Sindh
grantedMonopolyOn English trade with the East Indies
headquartersLocation London
influencedBy British Parliament
introducedPolicy Doctrine of Lapse
involvedIn Boston Tea Party
involvedInWar Anglo-Maratha Wars
Anglo-Sikh Wars
First Anglo-Mysore War
First Opium War
Fourth Anglo-Mysore War
Second Anglo-Mysore War
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 Lord Cornwallis
Lord Dalhousie
Lord Wellesley
Warren Hastings
obtainedDiwaniOf Bengal
Bihar
Orissa
originalName 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 Indian subcontinent
privateArmyPeakStrength over 250000 soldiers
regionOfActivity East Africa
East Asia
Persian Gulf
Southeast Asia
relatedLegislation Tea Act 1773
shortName EIC
East India Company
subjectToRegulationBy Charter Act 1813
Charter Act 1833
Charter Act 1853
Pitt's India Act 1784
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 (224)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Anglo-Maratha Wars
Anglo-Nepalese War
Anglo-Sikh Wars
Battle of Arni
Battle of Assaye
Battle of Chandannagar
Battle of Jhansi
Battle of Koregaon
Battle of Plassey
First Anglo-Burmese War
Indian Rebellion of 1857 ("British East India Company forces")
Second Anglo-Burmese War
Second Anglo-Mysore War
Siege of Arcot
Siege of Cawnpore ("East India Company")
Siege of Lucknow
Siege of Manila (1762) ("East India Company forces")
Third Anglo-Maratha War
belligerent
Court of Directors ("East India Company")
Diamond Pitt ("English East India Company")
George Everest ("East India Company")
Henry Bartle Frere
James Mill ("East India Company")
John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence ("East India Company")
John Stuart Mill ("East India Company")
Joseph Hume ("East India Company")
Lovji Nusserwanjee Wadia
Mangal Pandey
Robert Clive
Thomas Horsfield ("East India Company")
Thomas Pitt ("English East India Company")
Thomas Stamford Raffles
Warren Hastings
William Baffin ("East India Company")
employer
Alivardi Khan
Azimullah Khan
Begum Hazrat Mahal
Bhonsle of Nagpur
Chanda Sahib
Dhondu Pant
Indian Rebellion of 1857
Kunwar Singh
Lakshmibai Newalkar
Nana Sahib
Rani Lakshmibai
Rani Lakshmibai
Siraj ud-Daulah
Tatya Tope
Yashwantrao Holkar
opponent
Anglo-Afghan Wars
Carnatic Wars
First Anglo-Mysore War
First Carnatic War
Second Anglo-Maratha War
Second Carnatic War
Second Carnatic War
Third Anglo-Mysore War
Third Carnatic War
mainBelligerent
Battle of Buxar
Battle of Khadki
Fourth Anglo-Mysore War
Second Anglo-Maratha War
Siege of Calcutta
Siege of Delhi
combatant
Anglo-Maratha Wars
Anglo-Sikh Wars
Battle of Koregaon
Fourth Anglo-Mysore War
Second Anglo-Mysore War
Third Anglo-Maratha War
conflictBetween
Duleep Singh
John Nicholson
Raja Gangadhar Rao Newalkar
Statue of Robert Clive in London ("East India Company")
agents of Mir Jafar
associatedWith
Beaver
Council of the Governor-General ("East India Company")
East India Company College ("East India Company")
East India Company College
East India Company Military Seminary, Addiscombe ("East India Company")
operatedBy
Commander-in-Chief, Bengal ("East India Company")
Commander-in-Chief, Madras Army
Fort William, Kolkata
Madras Army
The Castle
usedBy
Bengal Army ("East India Company")
Bengal European Regiment
Bombay Army ("East India Company")
Mangal Pandey ("East India Company")
allegiance
Treaty of Amritsar (1809)
Treaty of Bassein (1802)
Treaty of Lahore (1846)
Treaty of Seringapatam
signatory
Oude
Oudh
Sind
annexedBy
Court of Directors ("British East India Company territories")
Court of Proprietors
India Act 1784 ("East India Company territories in India")
appliesToJurisdiction
Bengal Army ("East India Company")
Bombay Castle
East India Company Military Seminary, Addiscombe ("East India Company")
controlledBy
Calcutta
East India Company College ("East India Company")
East India Company College
foundedBy
Bengal Presidency
Company rule in India
Madras Presidency ("East India Company")
governingBody
Mughal dynasty
Nawabs of Awadh
Newalkar dynasty
overthrownBy
Commander-in-Chief, Madras Army
Court of Directors ("East India Company")
Court of Proprietors
partOf
Baji Rao II
Mir Jafar
ally
EIC
EIC ("Honourable East India Company")
alsoKnownAs
Fort William, Kolkata
St. Paul’s Cathedral, Kolkata ("East India Company (patronage)")
builder
Bombay Castle
Fort St. George
builtBy
Charter Act 1853
East India Stock Dividend Redemption Act 1873 ("East India Company proprietors")
concerns
Maratha Empire
Najafi dynasty
conflict
Bengal Subah
Talpur dynasty ("East India Company")
conqueredBy
Bengal Presidency
Bombay Presidency ("East India Company")
establishedBy
Battle of Buxar ("British East India Company rule")
Commander-in-Chief, Madras Army ("British East India Company rule in India")
historicalPeriod
British Indian law ("East India Company administration")
Cornwallis Code ("East India Company")
implementedBy
Court of Directors ("East India Company")
Court of Proprietors
parentOrganization
Treaty of Amritsar (1809)
Treaty of Salbai
party
East India Stock Dividend Redemption Act 1873
Russia Company ("East India Company")
relatedTo
Peshwa
abolishedBy
Doctrine of Lapse
appliedBy
Charter Act 1813 ("East India Company")
appliesTo
Commander-in-Chief, Madras Army
appointedBy
Palashi
battleInvolvedParty
Beaver
cargoOwner
East India Company Military Seminary, Addiscombe ("East India Company")
category
Diamond Pitt ("East India trade")
causeOfWealth
Jagat Seth banking family ("East India Company")
client
Third Anglo-Mysore War
coalitionMember
Anglo-Sikh Wars
colonialPower
Writers’ Building ("East India Company")
commissionedBy
Treaty of Seringapatam
conflictParty
Fort St. George
constructedFor
Bengal European Regiment
country
Treaty of Salbai
countryInvolved
Siraj ud-Daulah
defeatedBy
Wajid Ali Shah
deposedBy
India Office Records ("British East India Company administration")
documents
Barrackpore
establishedAsCantonmentBy
Charter Act 1833 ("East India Company")
extendedCharterOf
Straits Settlements
formedBy
India Office Records ("East India Company")
formerCustodian
Maratha
foughtAgainst
EIC ("East India Company")
fullName
Tea Act
grantedMonopolyTo
Shah Alam II
grantedRevenueRightsTo
Court of Directors ("East India Company civil service")
hasAuthorityOver
Board of Control
hasMainSubject
Battle of Arni
hasParticipant
Treaty of Purandar (1776)
hasParty
India Act 1784 ("East India Company")
hasSubject
Nawab of Bengal
inConflictWith
Charter Act 1813 ("East India Company")
increasedControlOver
Great Trigonometrical Survey of India
initiatedBy
Nawab of the Carnatic
interactsWith
British Ceylon
introducedBy
Malabar Coast
laterColonialPower
Rohilkhand
laterRuler
Nawabs of Awadh
laterVassalOf
Dutch Coromandel
lostTo
Charter Act 1793 ("East India Company")
mainSubject
British Empire ("East India Company")
majorCompany
Thomas Stamford Raffles
memberOf
Robert Clive ("East India Company army")
militaryBranch
East India Company Military Seminary, Addiscombe ("East India Company")
namedAfter
Sikh Empire
neighbor
Governor of Bombay ("English East India Company")
officeCreatedBy
The Castle
operator
Shah Alam II
opposedBy
British East India Company ("Governor and Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East-Indies")
originalName
Jaitpur
overlordState
Board of Control
oversightOf
East India Company College ("East India Company")
ownedBy
British conquest of Bengal
participant
Baji Rao II
pensionFrom
Mangal Pandey: The Rising
portraysOrganization
Indian Civil Service ("East India Company civil service")
precededBy
Siege of Calcutta ("British East India Company authorities in Bengal")
primaryOpponentOf
Fort William, Kolkata
rebuiltBy
John Company
refersTo
John Company ("Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading into the East Indies")
refersToFullName
Board of Control
regulates
Charter Act 1813 ("East India Company")
renewedCharterOf
India Office ("East India Company Court of Directors (in governmental role)")
replaced
Raja Gangadhar Rao Newalkar ("British East India Company authorities")
requestRefusedBy
Treaty of Seringapatam
requiredCessionTo
Treaty of Seringapatam
requiredIndemnityReceiver
Indian Ocean trade network
sawInterventionBy
British East India Company ("East India Company")
shortName
Treaty of Amritsar (1809)
signatoryParty
Treaty of Amritsar (1809)
signedBetween
Treaty of Lahore (1846)
signedByRepresentativeOf
Shuja Shah Durrani
soughtSupportFrom
Bengal Subah
subsequentRuler
Baji Rao II
surrenderedTo
Bengal Subah
tradingPartner
Second Anglo-Mysore War
treatySignatory
Carnatic region of India
underInfluenceOf
Sambalpur
wasAnnexedBy
Shah Alam II
wasFigureheadUnder
Coromandel Coast
wasImportantTo
Shah Alam II
wasProtectorateOf
Vizagapatam
wasUnderRuleOf

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