19.‘In 1798 the contemporary Governor General devised a new annexation
policy where many chiefs of Rajputana accepted the supremacy of the
British and signed treaties’. In this context illustrate some of its essential
features which made the British gain supreme political power in India.
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This article is about the rule of the East India Company on the Indian subcontinent from 1757 to 1858. For rule by the British Crown from 1858 to 1947, see British Raj.
Company rule in India (sometimes, Company Raj,[6] "raj," lit. "rule" in Hindi[7]) refers to the rule or dominion of the British East India Company on the Indian subcontinent. This is variously taken to have commenced in 1757, after the Battle of Plassey, when the Nawab of Bengal surrendered his dominions to the Company,[8] in 1765, when the Company was granted the diwani, or the right to collect revenue, in Bengal and Bihar,[9] or in 1773, when the Company established a capital in Calcutta, appointed its first Governor-General, Warren Hastings, and became directly involved in governance.[10] The rule lasted until 1858, when, after the Indian rebellion of 1857 and consequent of the Government of India Act 1858, the British government assumed the task of directly administering India in the new British Raj.
Company rule in India
1757–1858
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Located in South Asia
Areas of South Asia under Company rule (a) 1774–1804 and (b) 1805–1858 shown in two shades of pink
Status
British colony
Capital
Calcutta (1757–1858)
Common languages
Official: 1773–1858: English; 1773–1836: Persian[1][2] 1837–1858: primarily Urdu[1][2][3][4]
but also: Languages of South Asia.
Government
Administered by the East India Company functioning as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown and regulated by the British Parliament.
Governor-General
• 1774–1785 (first)
Warren Hastings
• 1857–1858 (last)
Charles Canning
Historical era
Early modern
• Battle of Plassey
23 June 1757
• Treaty of Allahabad
16 August 1765
•
2 August 1858
• Dissolution of the Company and assumption of direct administration by the British crown
2 August 1858
Area
1858[5]
1,942,481 km2 (749,996 sq mi)
Currency
Rupee
Preceded by Succeeded by
Mughal Empire
Maratha Empire
Sikh Empire
Ahom kingdom
British Raj
Origins
The Governors-General
Regulation of Company rule
Revenue collection
Army and civil service
Trade
Justice system
Education
Social reform
Post and telegraph
Railways
Canals
See also
Notes
References
External links
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