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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 .
The British Raj (/ r ... [23] [24] The Kingdom of Sikkim was established as a princely state after the Anglo-Sikkimese Treaty of 1861; however, ...
The empire, also called the British Raj and sometimes the British Indian Empire, consisted of regions, collectively called British India, that were directly administered by the British government, and regions, called the princely states, that were ruled by Indian rulers under a system of paramountcy, in favor of the British
At the height of French power in the mid-18th century, the French established several outposts in southern India and the area lying in today's northern Andhra Pradesh and Odisha. Between 1744 and 1761, the British and the French repeatedly attacked and conquered each other's forts and towns in southeastern India and in Bengal in the northeast.
Company rule in India (also known as the Company Raj, [6] from Hindi rāj, lit. ' rule ' [7]) refers to regions of the Indian subcontinent under the control of the British East India Company (EIC). The EIC, founded in 1600, established their first trading post in India in 1612, and gradually expanded their presence in the region over the ...
The Indian National Congress was established when 72 representatives from all over the country met at Bombay in 1885. ... known as the British Raj, ...
British Raj, 1858 – 1947 CE Independence Movement; Independent India, ... The empire was established by Chandragupta Maurya assisted by Chanakya ...
British Raj (1857 - 1947) Indian Union (1947 - 1950) Prime ministers. ... The first sign that the kingdom had established itself in the area was the issuing of gold ...