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Company rule in India | |
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Status | Joint-stock colony established by the East India Company and regulated by the British Parliament. |
Capital | Calcutta (1757–1858) |
Common languages | English, and others |
Government | Corporatocracy |
Governor-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 1858 |