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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,[2] "raj", lit. "rule" in Hindi[3]) was 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 which saw the Company conquest of Mughal Bengal.[4] Later, the Company was granted the diwani, or the right to collect revenue, in Bengal and Bihar;[5] or in 1773, when the Company established a capital in Calcutta, appointed its first Governor-General, Warren Hastings, and became directly involved in governance.[6] By 1818, with the defeat of Marathas followed by the pensioning of the Peshwa and the annexation of his territories, British supremacy in India was complete.[7]
Company rule in India
1757–1858
Motto: Auspicio Regis et Senatus Angliae
"By command of the King and Parliament of England"
Status
Joint-stock colony established by the East India Company and regulated by the British Parliament.
Capital
Calcutta (1757–1858)
Common languages
English (official)
Hindustani, Tamil, Burmese, Bengali, many others
Government
Corporatocracy
Governor-General
• 1774–1785 (first)
Warren Hastings
• 1857–1858 (last)
Charles Canning
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 1858
Area
1858[1]
1,942,481 km2 (749,996 sq mi)
Currency
Rupee
ISO 3166 code
IN
Preceded by Succeeded by
Chero dynasty
Maratha Empire
Mughal Empire
Kingdom of Mysore
Sikh Empire
British Raj
Colonial India
British Indian Empire
Imperial entities of India
Dutch India
1605–1825
Danish India
1620–1869
French India
1668–1954
Portuguese India
(1505–1961)
Casa da Índia
1434–1833
Portuguese East India Company
1628–1633
British India
(1612–1947)
East India Company
1612–1757
Company rule in India
1757–1858
British Raj
1858–1947
British rule in Burma
1824–1948
Princely states
1721–1949
Partition of India
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 "nawabs" who made vast fortunes in a few years.[8] 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.[9] Increasingly Company officials lived in separate compounds according to British standards. The Company's rule lasted until 1858, when it was abolished after the Indian Rebellion of 1857. With the Government of India Act 1858, the British government assumed the task of administering In