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The first two, he felt, were essential for India to be an egalitarian and tolerant society, one befitting the principles of Truth and Ahimsa, while the last, by making Indians more self-reliant, would break the cycle of dependence that was perpetuating not only the direction and tenor of the British rule in India, but also the British ...
A map of the British Indian Empire in 1909 during the partition of Bengal (1905–1911), showing British India in two shades of pink (coral and pale) and the princely states in yellow. At the turn of the 20th century, British India consisted of eight provinces that were administered either by a governor or a lieutenant-governor.
Subdivisions of British India; Talk:British rule in Burma; Talk:East India Company/Archive 2; Talk:Partition of India/Archive 2; Talk:Presidencies and provinces of British India/Archive 3; Talk:Presidencies and provinces of British India/Archive 4; User:Fowler&fowler/British Empire in India; User:Fowler&fowler/British India-2; User:Fowler ...
A map of India showing the territorial possessions of the British and Portuguese and Independent States.Samuel Rawson Gardiner D.C.L., L.L.D., School Atlas of English History (London, England: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1914) 54 Source
Before the partition of India in 1947, about 584 princely states, also called "native states", existed in India. [1] These were not part of British India, the parts of the Indian subcontinent which were under direct British administration, but rather under indirect rule, subject to subsidiary alliances.
Subdivisions of British India; Talk:British rule in Burma; Talk:East India Company/Archive 2; Talk:Partition of India/Archive 2; Talk:Presidencies and provinces of British India/Archive 3; Talk:Presidencies and provinces of British India/Archive 4; User:Fowler&fowler/British Empire in India; User:Fowler&fowler/British India-2; User:Fowler ...
The timeline of major famines in India during British rule covers major famines on the Indian subcontinent from 1765 to 1947. The famines included here occurred both in the princely states (regions administered by Indian rulers), British India (regions administered either by the British East India Company from 1765 to 1857; or by the British Crown, in the British Raj, from 1858 to 1947) and ...
EIC in India: 1600–1757: Company rule in India: 1757–1858: British rule in Portuguese India: 1797–1813: British Raj in India: 1858–1947: British rule in Burma: 1824–1948: Princely states: 1721–1949: Partition of India: 1947