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After The Indian Rebellion of 1857, Queen Victoria was declared Empress of India, thus solidifying the British rule on the subcontinent. The last British acquisition in Asia was the New Territories of Hong Kong, which was leased from the Qing emperor in 1897, expanding the British colony originally ceded in the Treaty of Nanking in 1842.
Imperial powers in 1914 Map of Asia for early 20th century. British colonies in East Asia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia: British Burma (1824–1948, merged with India by the British from 1886 to 1937) British Ceylon (1815–1948, now Sri Lanka) British Hong Kong (1842–1997)
In 1984 the British government signed the Sino-British Joint Declaration with China and agreed to turn over Hong Kong and its dependencies in 1997. British rule ended on 30 June 1997, with China taking over at midnight, 1 July 1997 (at end of the 99-year lease over the New Territories , along with the ceded Hong Kong Island and Kowloon ).
The British Raj (/ r ... by the last decade of the 19th century, ... 1909 Prevailing Religions, map of the British Indian Empire, 1909, ...
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British missionaries who travelled around the globe often in advance of soldiers and civil servants spread Protestantism (including Anglicanism) to all continents. The British Empire provided refuge for religiously persecuted continental Europeans for hundreds of years. [266] Cricket being played in South Asia, where it is popular. Sports ...
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 .
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