British Raj - Wikipedia
The British Raj (/ r ɑː dʒ / RAHJ; from Hindustani 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 …
History of the British Raj - Wikipedia
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 …
British Raj - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The British Raj was a colony of the British Empire from 1858 to 1947 in Indian Subcontinent. Raj is a word in Sanskrit that means "rule" and so "British Raj" means rule of the British Empire. …
British raj | Imperialism, Impact, History, & Facts | Britannica
3 days ago · 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 …
Glossary of the British Raj - Wikipedia
The following is based on a glossary attached to the fifth Report of the Committee of the House of Commons on Indian affairs, appointed in 1810, comprising Hindustani words commonly used …
From Empire to Independence: The British Raj in India 1858-1947
Mar 3, 2011 · The British Raj unravelled quickly in the 1940s, perhaps surprising after the empire in the east had so recently survived its greatest challenge in the shape of Japanese …
The British Raj | World History - Lumen Learning
In the aftermath of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the British government dissolved the East India Company and established the formal colonial rule in India that would become known as the …
A Summary of British Rule in India - ThoughtCo
Jan 28, 2020 · The very idea of the British Raj—the British rule over India—seems inexplicable today. Consider the fact that Indian written history stretches back almost 4,000 years, to the …
British Raj - New World Encyclopedia
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, …
Category : British Raj - Wikimedia
Jan 6, 2023 · English: British Raj, from 1848 until 1947, was all the parts of India owned by the British and under the British crown administration.