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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] It is also called Crown rule in India, [13] or Direct rule in India. [14]
The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent. Collectively, they have been called British India.
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.
British India, consisting of the directly ruled British presidencies and provinces, contained the most populous and valuable parts of the British Empire and thus became known as "the jewel in the British crown".
Jan 28, 2020 · Britain ruled major parts of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh from 1858 to 1947, a period known as the British Raj.
The British Raj was a colony of the British Empire from 1858 to 1947 in South Asia. Raj is a word in Sanskrit that means "rule" and so "British Raj" means rule of the British Empire. The area of the colony is now in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Myanmar. The British Raj is also called British India.
British Raj ( rāj, lit. "rule" in Hindi) or British India, officially the British Indian Empire, and internationally and contemporaneously, India, is the term used synonymously for the region, the rule, and the period, from 1858 to 1947, of the British Empire on the Indian subcontinent.
Mar 3, 2011 · 1858: Beginning of the Raj. 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 ...
The British Raj was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent, lasting from 1858 to 1947. It is also called Crown rule in India, or Direct rule in India.
Aug 14, 2022 · Britain left India 75 years ago and the country became two separate states, India and Pakistan.
