Treaties of the British East India Company

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British East India Company policy tool colonial-era legal instrument historical treaty collection

The Treaties of the British East India Company are a collection of formal agreements through which the Company expanded and consolidated its political and territorial control in the Indian subcontinent during the 17th to 19th centuries.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Treaties of the British East India Company canonical	4
Treaties of British India	2
Treaties of the East India Company	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4198497 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Treaties of the British East India Company
Context triple: [Treaty of Amritsar (1809), category, Treaties of the British East India Company]

A. Treaty of Madras
The Treaty of Madras was a 1769 peace agreement between the Kingdom of Mysore and the British East India Company that ended the First Anglo-Mysore War and restored the pre-war status quo in southern India.
B. Treaties of the Anglo-Dutch Wars
The Treaties of the Anglo-Dutch Wars are a series of 17th-century peace agreements that concluded successive naval conflicts between England (later Britain) and the Dutch Republic, reshaping colonial possessions and maritime power in Europe and overseas.
C. Treaty of Paris (1651)
The Treaty of Paris (1651) was an agreement that helped bring an end to a phase of the Fronde civil wars in France by reconciling the French crown with rebellious nobles and the Parlement of Paris.
D. Treaties of England
The Treaties of England are a collection of formal agreements made by the English state with other powers, particularly before the 1707 union with Scotland, shaping its foreign relations and territorial interests.
E. Treaty of Bassein (1802)
The Treaty of Bassein (1802) was an agreement between the British East India Company and the Maratha leader Baji Rao II that effectively placed the Maratha state under British protection and marked a major step in the expansion of British power in India.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Treaties of the British East India Company
Target entity description: The Treaties of the British East India Company are a collection of formal agreements through which the Company expanded and consolidated its political and territorial control in the Indian subcontinent during the 17th to 19th centuries.

A. Treaty of Madras
The Treaty of Madras was a 1769 peace agreement between the Kingdom of Mysore and the British East India Company that ended the First Anglo-Mysore War and restored the pre-war status quo in southern India.
B. Treaties of the Anglo-Dutch Wars
The Treaties of the Anglo-Dutch Wars are a series of 17th-century peace agreements that concluded successive naval conflicts between England (later Britain) and the Dutch Republic, reshaping colonial possessions and maritime power in Europe and overseas.
C. Treaty of Paris (1651)
The Treaty of Paris (1651) was an agreement that helped bring an end to a phase of the Fronde civil wars in France by reconciling the French crown with rebellious nobles and the Parlement of Paris.
D. Treaties of England
The Treaties of England are a collection of formal agreements made by the English state with other powers, particularly before the 1707 union with Scotland, shaping its foreign relations and territorial interests.
E. Treaty of Bassein (1802)
The Treaty of Bassein (1802) was an agreement between the British East India Company and the Maratha leader Baji Rao II that effectively placed the Maratha state under British protection and marked a major step in the expansion of British power in India.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British East India Company policy tool ⓘ colonial-era legal instrument ⓘ historical treaty collection ⓘ
appliesTo	Oudh ⓘ surface form: Awadh British East India Company ⓘ Hyderabad State ⓘ Indian princely states ⓘ Maratha Empire ⓘ surface form: Maratha Confederacy Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ surface form: Mughal Empire Mysuru ⓘ surface form: Mysore Sikh Empire ⓘ
endTime	19th century ⓘ
enforcedBy	British East India Company forces ⓘ surface form: British East India Company army Royal Navy presence in the Indian Ocean ⓘ
hasLocation	Awadh cultural region ⓘ surface form: Awadh region Bengal ⓘ Burma (until 1937) ⓘ surface form: Burma Deccan Plateau ⓘ surface form: Deccan South Asia ⓘ surface form: Indian subcontinent southern Karnataka ⓘ surface form: Mysore region Punjab NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	Doctrine of Lapse ⓘ surface form: Doctrine of Lapse–related agreements Subsidiary Alliance system ⓘ surface form: Subsidiary Alliance treaties Treaty of Allahabad ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Allahabad (1765) Treaty of Amritsar (1809) ⓘ Treaty of Bassein (1802) ⓘ Treaty of Bhairowal (1846) ONDG ⓘ Treaty of Lahore (1846) ⓘ Treaty of Madras (1769) NERFINISHED ⓘ Treaty of Mangalore (1784) NERFINISHED ⓘ Treaty of Purandar (1776) NERFINISHED ⓘ Treaty of Salbai (1782) NERFINISHED ⓘ Treaty of Seringapatam ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Seringapatam (1792) Treaty of Srirangapatna (1799) ONDG ⓘ Treaty of Yandabo ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Yandabo (1826)
hasPurpose	establishing military alliances ⓘ formalizing British suzerainty ⓘ legitimizing Company rule under international and local law ⓘ political control over Indian polities ⓘ regulating tribute and revenue collection ⓘ securing commercial privileges ⓘ territorial expansion in the Indian subcontinent ⓘ
languageUsed	English ⓘ Persian ⓘ various regional Indian languages ⓘ
legalForm	capitulation ⓘ commercial convention ⓘ defensive alliance ⓘ subsidiary alliance ⓘ written treaty ⓘ
replacedBy	treaties of the British Crown in India after 1858 ⓘ
startTime	17th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Treaty of Amritsar (1809) → category → Treaties of the British East India Company ⓘ

Treaty of Allahabad → category → Treaties of the British East India Company ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaties of the East India Company

Treaty of Allahabad → category → Treaties of the British East India Company ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaties of British India

Treaty of Madras → category → Treaties of the British East India Company ⓘ

Treaty of Surji-Anjangaon → category → Treaties of the British East India Company ⓘ

Treaty of Mandeswar (1818) → category → Treaties of the British East India Company ⓘ

Treaty of Amritsar (1846) → category → Treaties of the British East India Company ⓘ