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In the aftermath of World War II, European colonies, controlling more than one billion people throughout the world, still ruled most of the Middle East, South East Asia, and the Indian Subcontinent. However, the image of European pre-eminence was shattered by the wartime Japanese occupations of large portions of British, French, and Dutch ...
Bernardo Peres da Silva, the only ethnic Indian governor general in Colonial India. The first successful voyage to India was by Vasco da Gama in 1498, when after sailing around the Cape of Good Hope he arrived in Calicut, now in Kerala. Having arrived there, he obtained permission from Saamoothiri Rajah to trade in the city. The navigator was ...
Colonial India (8 C, 28 P) D. Danish India (7 C, 12 P) ... Pages in category "Former colonies in Asia" The following 53 pages are in this category, out of 53 total.
British colonies in South Asia, East Asia, And Southeast Asia: British Burma (1824–1948, merged with India by the British from 1886 to 1937) British Ceylon (1833-1948, now Sri Lanka) British Hong Kong (1842–1997) Colonial India (includes the territory of present-day India, Pakistan and Bangladesh) Danish India (1696–1869) Swedish ...
List of trading companies; European colonisation of Southeast Asia; European colonization of the Americas; Berlin Conference; Concessions in China; Tangier International Zone; Peking Legation Quarter; Colonisation of Africa; Colonies in antiquity; Treaty Ports of China, Korea and Japan
Pages in category "Former British colonies and protectorates in Asia" The following 51 pages are in this category, out of 51 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Schools in Colonial India (2 C, 120 P) Pages in category "Colonial India" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total.
Former monarchies of India (27 C, 55 P) Former monarchies of Iran (20 C, ... Pages in category "Former empires in Asia" ... Japanese colonial empire; K. Karamanids;