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Johnbod, British Raj is the British Indian Empire. British Indian Empire is British India (provinces) and Princely states (Indian rulers under British paramountcy). So, British Raj is British India + princely states. Raj is just a Hindi word for “rule”, it just confuses non-Hindi speaking readers.
presidencies and provinces of British India. Location. British Raj. Said to be the same as. Residencies of British India. Authority file. Q17319258. Reasonator. Scholia.
From this date onwards the increasingly unwieldy presidencies were broken up into more manageable provinces. By the turn of the 20th century India under the British Raj comprised eight major provinces, each administered by a Governor or Lieutenant-Governor and a few minor provinces administered by a Chief Commissioner.
Increasingly, however, the unwieldy presidencies were broken up into "provinces". "British India" did not include the many princely states which continued to be ruled by Indian princes, though by the 19th century under British suzerainty—their defence, foreign relations, and communications relinquished to British authority and their internal ...
W.C. Bannerjee was the first president of congress. It was formed when 72 delegates from all the presidencies and provinces of India met at Bombay. Its founder, Allan Octavian Hume, was a retired British professor in India.
During the British period, the British government ruled all the provinces but in the current situation, each state government administrative body rules the provinces. Among all provinces, Uttar Pradesh was the first province that got independence. In India 11 provinces are present and among them, Rajasthan is the biggest province.
Media in category "Provinces of British India" This category contains only the following file. United provinces of agra and oudh 1941.png 6,000 × 7,500; 3.72 MB
