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In what ways were the laws made by the British arbitrary??

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Company rule in India

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,[3] "raj", lit. "rule" in Hindi[4]) 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 Mir Jafar, the new Nawab of Bengal enthroned by Robert Clive, became a puppet in the Company's hands;[5][6] in 1765, when the Company was granted the diwani, or the right to collect revenue, in Bengal and Bihar;[7] or in 1773, when the Company established a capital in Calcutta, appointed its first Governor-General, Warren Hastings, and became directly involved in governance.[8]By 1818, with the defeat of the Marathas, followed by the pensioning of the Peshwa and the annexation of his territories, British supremacy in India was complete.[9]

Company rule in India
1757–1858



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Motto: Auspicio Regis et Senatus Angliae
"By command of the King and Parliament of England"

StatusJoint-stock colony established by the East India Company and regulated by the British Parliament.CapitalCalcutta (1757–1858)Common languagesEnglish, and othersGovernmentCorporatocracyGovernor-General 

• 1774–75

Warren Hastings(first)

• 1857–58

Charles Canning (last)History 

• Battle of Plassey

23 June 1757

• Treaty of Allahabad

16 August 1765

• Treaty of Seringapatam

18 March 1792

• Treaty of Bassein

31 December 1802

• Treaty of Yandabo

24 February 1826

• Treaty of Lahore

9 March 1846

• Treaty of Lahore

29 March 1849

• Government of India Act

2 August 1858Area1858[1]1,942,481 km2(749,996 sq mi)CurrencyRupeeISO 3166 codeIN

Preceded bySucceeded byMaratha EmpireMughal EmpireKingdom of MysoreSikh EmpireBritish RajStraits SettlementsToday part of

 Bahrain

 Bangladesh

 China

 Christmas Island

 Cocos (Keeling) Islands

 India

 Kuwait

 Malaysia

 Maldives

 Myanmar

   Nepal (Banke, Bardiya, Kailali and Kanchanpur) [2]

 Oman

 Pakistan

 Qatar

 Saudi Arabia(nominal)

 Singapore

 Somalia

 Sri Lanka

 United Arab Emirates

 Yemen

Colonial India

Imperial entities of India

Dutch India1605–1825Danish India1620–1869French India1668–1954

Portuguese India
(1505–1961)

Casa da Índia1434–1833Portuguese East India Company1628–1633

British India
(1612–1947)

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The East India Company was a private company owned by stockholders and reporting to a board of directors in London. Originally formed as a monopoly on trade, it increasingly took on governmental powers with its own army and judiciary. It seldom turned a profit, as employees diverted funds into their own pockets. The British government had little control, and there was increasing anger at the corruption and irresponsibility of Company officials or "nabobs" who made vast fortunes in a few years.[10] Pitt's India Act of 1784 gave the British government effective control of the private company for the first time. The new policies were designed for an elite civil service career that minimized temptations for corruption.[11] Increasingly Company officials lived in separate compounds according to British standards. 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 governmentassumed the task of direct

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