The Cornwallis Code is a body of legislation enacted in 1793 by the East India Company to improve the governance of its territories in India. The Code was...

Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, KG, PC (31 December 1738 – 5 October 1805) was a British Army officer, Whig politician and colonial administrator...

British General Charles Cornwallis, the Earl Cornwallis, was appointed in February 1786 to serve as both Commander-in-Chief of British India and Governor...

by Charles, Earl Cornwallis. It formed one part of a larger body of legislation, known as the Cornwallis Code. The Cornwallis Code of 1793 divided the...

Governor-general Originally joined on 28 April 1772. Earl Cornwallis from 1762; created Marquess Cornwallis (1792). Created Marquess Wellesley (1799). Earl of...

Revolution (1757–1857). Routledge. pp. 7–10. ISBN 978-1-136-82552-1. "Cornwallis Code". Encyclopædia Britannica. 4 February 2009. Retrieved 24 February 2017...

next century. Still, the new Governor-General appointed in 1786, Lord Cornwallis, not only had more power than Hastings, but also had the support of a...

They were also known as jagirdars. Under Company rule in India, the Cornwallis Code introduced the Permanent Settlement. Zamindars were made responsible...

and Charles Cornwallis instituted numerous changes over their rules. Notably, Cornwallis instituted the Cornwallis Code in 1793, a code of law influenced...

Canadian Forces Base Cornwallis (also CFB Cornwallis) is a former Canadian Forces Base located in Deep Brook, Nova Scotia. It is situated in the western...

of landholding in India, and the latter was an abject failure. The Cornwallis Code, while defining the rights of the proprietors, failed to give adequate...

Ltd and was renamed Cornwallis. On 6 November 1935, a crew member was severely injured after a wave struck the deck of Cornwallis. The operator Canadian...

these Cardinals were no longer laymen. Code of Canon Law. 1983. Canon 351 §1. Cartwright, William Cornwallis (1868). On Papal Conclaves. Edinburgh: Edmonston...

abandon his rearguard, Cornwallis counter-attacked with the rest of his squadron. A fierce combat developed, culminating in Cornwallis interposing his flagship...

success, British general Cornwallis was besieged by a Franco-American force in Yorktown in September and October 1781. Cornwallis was forced to surrender...

This is a list of postal codes in Canada where the first letter is B. Postal codes beginning with B are located within the Canadian province of Nova Scotia...

headed by Charles, Earl Cornwallis. It formed one part of a larger body of legislation enacted known as the Cornwallis Code. In 1825 the headquarters...

Cornwallis Square is a Canadian village in Kings County, Nova Scotia. It is located on the Cornwallis River. The village commission was originally established...

Revolutionary calendar) by Joseph Bonaparte and Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis as a "Definitive Treaty of Peace". The consequent peace lasted...

The island is less commonly known by its English name of Cornwallis, named after Mount Cornwallis, Queensland’s most northerly granite peak. Dauan, as it...

A Matabele kraal, as depicted by William Cornwallis Harris, 1836...

to all sides, Cornwallis entered into negotiations with Tipu to end the conflict. The resulting treaty was signed on 18 March. Cornwallis had hoped to...

Bidhan Sarani (formerly known as Cornwallis Street) is a principal north–south thoroughfare in north part of Kolkata, the capital of the Indian state of...

blamed Joseph Popham for the disagreement, with Gibraltar Governor Edward Cornwallis describing him as an "honest well meaning man" who had met with "little...

as the site of the siege and subsequent surrender of General Charles Cornwallis to General George Washington and the French Fleet during the American...

camped there during a snowfall. The lesser accepted story is that General Cornwallis camped there during a snowfall around the time of the Battle of Guilford...

The document lays down the framework that demarcates fundamental political code, structure, procedures, powers, and duties of government institutions and...

Graham Creighton Junior High School Halifax Central Junior High (formerly Cornwallis Junior High) Harold T. Barrett Junior High (Grades 6–8) Herring Cove Junior...

called Port Cornwallis). In 1792 it was shifted to the Northern harbour (present day Diglipur) which was also christened Port Cornwallis (the former became...

University Art Gallery. In his unfinished rendition of the Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, dates not established, the circle of stars is suggested and...