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4 days ago · The Company India ruled until 1858, when, after the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and the Government of India Act 1858, the India Office of the British government assumed the task of directly administering India in the new British Raj.
1 day ago · The Indian Independence Movement was a series of historic events in South Asia with the ultimate aim of ending British colonial rule. It lasted until 1947, when the Indian Independence Act 1947 was passed. The first nationalistic movement for Indian independence emerged in the Province of Bengal.
Jun 29, 2024 · Native rulers and thousands of ordinary people joined in this struggle that threatened to destroy British colonial power on the subcontinent. The British eventually prevailed in the conflict, but it marked the end of Company rule. Political control in India was transferred to the British Crown.
1 day ago · The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown.
2 days ago · India - Nationalism, British, Resistance: The Indian National Congress (Congress Party) held its first meeting in December 1885 in Bombay city while British Indian troops were still fighting in Upper Burma.
Jun 27, 2024 · British Empire, a worldwide system of dependencies— colonies, protectorates, and other territories—that over a span of some three centuries was brought under the sovereignty of the crown of Great Britain and the administration of the British government.
2 days ago · In 1858, with the revolt virtually crushed, administration of the United Provinces and the rest of British India was transferred from the East India Company to the British crown (see British raj).
