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British India is shown in two shades of pink; Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Princely states are shown in yellow. The British Raj ( / rɑːdʒ / RAHJ; from Hindi rāj, 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') [10] was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent, [11] lasting from 1858 to 1947. [12]
3 days ago · A dozen Indian-origin MPs to keep the desi beat going in UK House. Though Rishi Sunak, a British-Indian politician, lost the 2024 UK general election as predicted, Indians have a reason to smile. A good number of Indian-origin leaders from both Labour and Conservative parties won the election, which saw a record number of British-Indian candidates.
3 days ago · The previous UK Parliament, with Rishi Sunak as Prime Minister, had 15 Indian-origin MPs, eight from Labour and seven from the Conservative Party, among 65 non-while MPs elected, setting a strong diverse milestone in the British political history. Indian households lead in high-income brackets, with 42% earning £1,000 or more weekly between ...
British raj, period of direct British rule over the Indian subcontinent following the uprising of 1857 and the abolition of the East India Company’s role in managing the region. It was instituted with the Government of India Act of 1858 and lasted until the independence of India and Pakistan in 1947.
The tragedy has sparked outrage in India, leading to questions about lapses in safety measures and crowd management. On Thursday, police said they had arrested six people who were part of a group ...
Mar 3, 2011 · In 1858, British Crown rule was established in India, ending a century of control by the East India Company. The life and death struggle that preceded this formalisation of British control...
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The British Raj was the period of British Parliament rule on the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947, for around 89 years of British occupation. The system of governance was instituted in 1858 when the rule of the East India Company was transferred to the Crown in the person of Queen Victoria.
