British raj
It lasted until 1947, when the British Raj was partitioned into two sovereign dominion states: the Union of India (later the Republic of India) and Pakistan.
British raj | Imperialism, Impact, History, & Facts | Britannica
British raj, period of direct British rule over the Indian subcontinent following the uprising of 1857 and the abolition of the East India ...
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 ...
Government of the Raj 1858-1914 - UK Parliament
After the Indian Councils Act was passed in 1861 this executive council acted as a cabinet and also as part of an imperial legislative council. Each of British ...
From Empire to Independence: The British Raj in India 1858-1947
In 1858, British Crown rule was established in India, ending a century of control by the East India Company.
Fifty years sooner or forty years later, the English could have made no impression on India as conquerors. Seventy years before the conquest of Bengal the ...
The British Impact on India, 1700–1900 - Association for Asian Studies
The British Empire brought education, technology, law and democracy to the four corners of the globe. It also brought prejudice, discrimination, cultural ...
Illusions of empire: Amartya Sen on what British rule really did for India
Many of the arguments defending the Raj are based on serious misconceptions about India's past, imperialism and history itself.
British Raj – Travel guide at Wikivoyage
The Gulf states of Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and Oman were also governed as British protectorates from their colony in India at various points in their history.
British Empire - The National Archives
What can The National Archives documents reveal about the partition of British India? The Search for 'Terra Australis' What did Captain Cook's secret mission ...
East India Company and Raj 1785-1858 - UK Parliament
The East India Company itself was formally dissolved by Act of Parliament in 1874. Thus began the British Raj, direct imperial rule of India by the British ...
British Raj - New World Encyclopedia
The term used synonymously for the region, the rule, and the period, from 1858 to 1947, of the British Empire on the Indian subcontinent.
British colonialism in India - The British Empire - KS3 History - BBC
In 1600, Queen Elizabeth I approved the creation of the East India Company, a powerful private trading company.
Why are so many people nowadays saying that British Raj was good ...
British Raj was good for the elites of London. It provided a means for poorer educated class to escape the drudges of poverty through massive ...
THE BRITISH RAJ: An Assessment - History Reclaimed
We begin with the historical context in which the Raj emerged and arguments about whether the East India Company was a source for colonial exploitation or ...
Lesson 6: British Attitudes Towards India - PBS
The British believed the Indians constituted one of the many inferior races around the world and that a strong European influence would enlighten the people of ...
Rewinding to the Great Indian Empires Before the British Raj
The list below has some of the books I returned to time and again, to understand the period, and the people, of both nations.
VIII. British Raj and the Scar of Imperialism
Britain took control of India after the East India Trading Company when their tactics led to a mutiny by sepoy troops in 1857. Under the British raj, Britain ...
British Raj - Oxford Reference
Quick Reference ... The British government in India, particularly during the period from 1858 to 1947. Created gradually and haphazardly as a by-product of the ...
7.6: British Raj - Humanities LibreTexts
Gandhi and Nehru were ambivalent at best about cooperation with the British war effort in World War II—with Gandhi, Actual Pacifist that he was, ...