Company rule in India
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Company rule in India was the rule of the British East India Company on the Indian subcontinent. This is variously taken to have commenced in 1757, after the Battle of Plassey, when the Nawab of Benga
Areas of South Asia and Burma (Myanmar) under Company rule (a) 1774–1804 and (b) 1805–1858 shown in two shades of pink
India in 1765 and 1805 showing East India Company Territories in pink.
India in 1837 and 1857, showing East India Company-governed territories in pink.
Silver Half-Rupee 1787 Bengal Presidency, Murshidabad Mint, issued in the name of Shah Alam II, Mughal Emperor
The provinces of India, earlier 'presidencies of British India', and still earlier 'presidency towns', were the administrative divisions directly administered by the British authorities that formed pa
Fort William, Calcutta, the capital of the Bengal Presidency in British India 1735
The Indian peninsula in 1700, showing the Mughal Empire and the European trading settlements
The Indian peninsula in 1760, three years after the Battle of Plassey, showing the Maratha Empire and other prominent political states
Expansion of British Bengal and Burma