Company rule in India
Company rule in India (sometimes, Company Raj, "raj," lit. "rule" in Hindi) refers to the rule or dominion of the British East India Company over parts of the Indian subcontinent. This is variously taken to have commenced in 1757, after the Battle of Plassey, when the Nawab of Bengal Sirajuddaulah surrendered his dominions to the Company, in 1765, when the Company was granted the diwani, or the right to collect revenue, in Bengal and Bihar, or in 1773, when the Company established a capital in Calcutta, appointed its first Governor-General, Warren Hastings, and became directly involved in governance. The Company's rule lasted until 1858, when, after the Indian rebellion of 1857, it was abolished. With the Government of India Act 1858, the British government assumed the task of directly adm
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Company rule in India
Company rule in India (sometimes, Company Raj, "raj," lit. "rule" in Hindi) refers to the rule or dominion of the British East India Company over parts of the Indian subcontinent. This is variously taken to have commenced in 1757, after the Battle of Plassey, when the Nawab of Bengal Sirajuddaulah surrendered his dominions to the Company, in 1765, when the Company was granted the diwani, or the right to collect revenue, in Bengal and Bihar, or in 1773, when the Company established a capital in Calcutta, appointed its first Governor-General, Warren Hastings, and became directly involved in governance. The Company's rule lasted until 1858, when, after the Indian rebellion of 1857, it was abolished. With the Government of India Act 1858, the British government assumed the task of directly adm
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Compagnie britannique des Inde ...... inaugurant le Raj britannique.
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Company rule in India (sometim ...... India in the new British Raj.
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Con il termine di Raj della Co ...... costituzione del British Raj.
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东印度公司治下的印度(Company rule in Ind ...... 法令,将东印度公司的领土交由英国政府直接管理,建立英属印度。
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1757-06-23
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("By command of the King and Parliament of England")
Auspicio Regis et Senatus Angliae
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Colony administered by the East India Company and regulated by the British Parliament.
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Joint-stock colony established ...... ted by the British Parliament.
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Compagnie britannique des Inde ...... ques des Indes Raj britannique
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Company rule in India (sometim ...... sumed the task of directly adm
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Con il termine di Raj della Co ...... gnia perdurò sino al 1858 quan
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东印度公司治下的印度(Company rule in Ind ...... 法令,将东印度公司的领土交由英国政府直接管理,建立英属印度。
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Company Raj
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Company rule in India
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Domination de la Compagnie britannique des Indes orientales en Inde
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东印度公司治下的印度
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Company rule in India
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