Cornwallis Code in India
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The Cornwallis Code in India was a comprehensive set of administrative, judicial, and revenue reforms enacted in the late 18th century that restructured British colonial governance and civil service in Bengal and other parts of British India.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cornwallis Code in India canonical | 3 |
| Cornwallis Code | 1 |
| Cornwallis reforms | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T584732 — 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: Cornwallis Code in India Context triple: [Charles Cornwallis, introducedPolicy, Cornwallis Code in India]
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A.
Doctrine of Lapse
The Doctrine of Lapse was a controversial annexation policy used by the British East India Company in 19th-century India, allowing it to seize princely states without a direct male heir and significantly fueling resentment that led to the 1857 rebellion.
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B.
India Act 1784
The India Act 1784 was a British law that restructured the governance of the East India Company and placed its political administration in India under closer control of the British government.
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C.
Indian Councils Act 1861
The Indian Councils Act 1861 was a British law that restructured the governance of British India by reintroducing and expanding legislative councils, allowing limited Indian participation in lawmaking.
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D.
Government of India Act 1858
The Government of India Act 1858 was a landmark British law that ended East India Company rule and transferred the administration of India directly to the British Crown, inaugurating the British Raj.
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E.
King's Regulations
King's Regulations are the formal rules and administrative code governing conduct, discipline, and procedures within the British Army.
- 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: Cornwallis Code in India Target entity description: The Cornwallis Code in India was a comprehensive set of administrative, judicial, and revenue reforms enacted in the late 18th century that restructured British colonial governance and civil service in Bengal and other parts of British India.
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A.
Doctrine of Lapse
The Doctrine of Lapse was a controversial annexation policy used by the British East India Company in 19th-century India, allowing it to seize princely states without a direct male heir and significantly fueling resentment that led to the 1857 rebellion.
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B.
India Act 1784
The India Act 1784 was a British law that restructured the governance of the East India Company and placed its political administration in India under closer control of the British government.
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C.
Indian Councils Act 1861
The Indian Councils Act 1861 was a British law that restructured the governance of British India by reintroducing and expanding legislative councils, allowing limited Indian participation in lawmaking.
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D.
Government of India Act 1858
The Government of India Act 1858 was a landmark British law that ended East India Company rule and transferred the administration of India directly to the British Crown, inaugurating the British Raj.
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E.
King's Regulations
King's Regulations are the formal rules and administrative code governing conduct, discipline, and procedures within the British Army.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
administrative reform program
ⓘ
legal code ⓘ |
| aimedAt |
centralizing administration
ⓘ
curbing corruption ⓘ standardizing judicial procedures ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Code of 1793 ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Company servants in Bengal
ⓘ
landholders in Bengal ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Bengal Presidency
ⓘ
British India ⓘ |
| appliesToPart |
Bihar
ⓘ
Orissa ⓘ |
| author | Charles Cornwallis ⓘ |
| country | British India ⓘ |
| draftedBy |
British officials in Bengal
ⓘ
Charles Cornwallis ⓘ |
| follows |
India Act 1784
ⓘ
surface form:
Pitt's India Act 1784
Regulating Act 1773 ⓘ
surface form:
Regulating Act of 1773
|
| hasPart |
civil service regulations
ⓘ
criminal justice regulations ⓘ judicial regulations ⓘ police regulations ⓘ revenue regulations ⓘ |
| implementedBy |
British East India Company
ⓘ
surface form:
East India Company
|
| implementedIn | late 18th century ⓘ |
| inception | 1793 ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of Indian civil service
ⓘ
later British Indian administrative reforms ⓘ |
| influencedBy | British legal principles ⓘ |
| introduced |
district and provincial courts
ⓘ
fixed salaries for Company officials ⓘ hierarchical court system in Bengal ⓘ limitations on private trade by Company servants ⓘ merit-based civil service appointments ⓘ regulations on land revenue collection ⓘ separation of revenue and judicial functions ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legislativeBody |
Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa
ⓘ
surface form:
East India Company administration in Bengal
|
| location |
Bengal
ⓘ
Calcutta ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
administrative reform
ⓘ
judicial reform ⓘ revenue administration ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Charles Cornwallis ⓘ |
| partOf | British colonial policy in India ⓘ |
| significantFor |
formalizing British judicial system in Bengal
ⓘ
laying foundations of modern Indian bureaucracy ⓘ restructuring British colonial governance in India ⓘ |
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Subject: Cornwallis Code in India Description of subject: The Cornwallis Code in India was a comprehensive set of administrative, judicial, and revenue reforms enacted in the late 18th century that restructured British colonial governance and civil service in Bengal and other parts of British India.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
subject surface form:
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
this entity surface form:
Cornwallis Code
this entity surface form:
Cornwallis reforms