Company rule in India

Company rule in India was a colony in Bengal, Odisha and the northeast (South Asia) that lasted from 1757 to 1858 CE, about 101 years. Its people spoke Germanic languages (Gothic, Frankish, English, German, Dutch, Norse).

The East India Company's army won Plassey in 1757 and the revenue rights of Bengal in 1765, then defeated Mysore, the Marathas and the Sikhs. After the 1857 rebellion Parliament transferred its territories to the Crown.

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Facts

Dates

1757 to 1858 CE

Duration

101 years

Type

Colony

Region

Bengal, Odisha and the northeast, South Asia

Language family

Germanic

Capital

Calcutta

Came from

• Sikh Empire 1799 to 1849 CE
• Nawabs of Bengal 1717 to 1765 CE

Became

• British Raj 1858 to 1947 CE

Events in South Asia during its time

• 1757 Battle of Plassey
• 1761 Third Battle of Panipat
• 1857 Indian Rebellion

Neighbours in South Asia

• Mughal Empire 1526 to 1857 CE
• British Raj 1858 to 1947 CE
• Ahom Kingdom 1228 to 1826 CE
• Kingdom of Mysore c. 1399 to 1950 CE
• Kingdom of Kandy 1469 to 1815 CE
• Kingdom of Nepal 1768 to 2008 CE
• Hyderabad State 1724 to 1948 CE
• Maratha Confederacy 1674 to 1818 CE
• Durrani Empire 1747 to 1823 CE
• Sikh Empire 1799 to 1849 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Republic of Venice c. 697 to 1797 CE, Europe
• Holy Roman Empire 962 to 1806 CE, Europe
• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Europe
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Middle East
• Portuguese Empire 1415 to 1999 CE, Europe
• Kingdom of Kongo c. 1390 to 1914 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Ayutthaya Kingdom 1351 to 1767 CE, Southeast Asia
• Portuguese Brazil 1500 to 1815 CE, South America
• New Spain 1521 to 1821 CE, Mesoamerica and Caribbean

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