Historedia
Group or institution

British East India Company

Events
3
Episodes
5
Years
1773–1850

Every event in Historedia whose sources name British East India Company, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Tea Act and Boston Tea Party

    1773

    Role: Commercial institution

    1. 10 May 1773 · Parliament of Great Britain (institutional context; no geographic enactment location supplied)Tea Act Enactment

      The Parliament of Great Britain passed the Tea Act, which received royal assent on 10 May 1773, to aid the financially troubled East India Company.

    2. 16 December 1773 · Boston HarborBoston Tea Party

      Colonists disguised as Native Americans destroyed tea cargo in Boston Harbor on December 16, 1773.

  2. Treaty of Surat

    1775

    Role: Treaty signatory and military supporter

    1. 6 March 1775 · SuratSigning of the Treaty of Surat

      Raghunathrao signs the treaty with the British on 6 March 1775, ceding Salsette and Bassein Fort for military aid to restore him as Peshwa.

  3. Oudh Bequest funds transferred to Najaf and Karbala

    1850

    Role: Holder of accumulated funds

    1. 1850 · Holy city receiving fundsInitial Transfer of Funds

      Funds from the Oudh Bequest began transferring to Najaf and Karbala in 1850 following the deaths of Maryam Begam and Sultan Mahal.

    2. 1850 · Center of distribution planningEstablishment of Distribution Structure

      Sayyid Ali Naqi al-Tabatabie and Morteza Ansari transferred the bequest from India through agents from its beginning in 1850, with Ansari later devising a distribution mode.

Sources

  1. Boston Tea Party Wikipedia
  2. Tea Act Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-06
  3. Treaty of Surat Wikipedia, revision of 2025-05-04
  4. First Anglo-Maratha War Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-29
  5. Karbala Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-03