British Raj - Wikipedia
WEBThe region under British control was commonly called India in contemporaneous usage and included areas directly administered by the United Kingdom, which were collectively called British India, and areas ruled by indigenous rulers, but …
Colonial India - Wikipedia
WEBColonial India was the part of the Indian subcontinent that was occupied by European colonial powers during the Age of Discovery. European power was exerted both by conquest and trade, especially in spices.
British raj | Imperialism, Impact, History, & Facts | Britannica
WEBSep 3, 2024 · 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 was instituted with the Government of India Act of 1858 and lasted until the independence of India and Pakistan in 1947.
The British Empire in India - The map as history
WEBDiscover the history of the British Empire in India. Explore key events, colonial policies, and the impacts of British rule through interactive maps on The Map as History platform.
9 Maps on Indian History - World History Encyclopedia
WEBJan 29, 2024 · A map illustrating the extent and composition of the British Raj (from Hindi for kingdom, government) - a period of direct British rule over the subcontinent of India that started in 1858.
Presidencies and provinces of British India - Wikipedia
WEBBritish India in 1880: This map incorporates the provinces of British India, the Princely States and the legally non-Indian Crown Colony of Ceylon.
75 years after Partition: These maps show how the British split India
WEBAug 9, 2022 · With the end of British colonial rule in 1947, the Indian subcontinent was divided into two nations, majority-Hindu India and majority-Muslim Pakistan. But simmering secular tensions and a...
British Raj - New World Encyclopedia
WEBMap of British India, 1855. 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, the rule, and the period, from 1858 to 1947, of the British Empire on the Indian subcontinent.
Origins of British India - Oxford Research Encyclopedias
WEBBy 1856, the map of British India was firmly established. Sixty percent of the land area and a somewhat higher percentage of the population belonged in the British ruled-territory (see Map 2). The British controlled the coastline, possessing all consequential ports and the coastal trade routes.
The British in India - The Map Archive
WEBThe British in India. The British East India Company began trading with the Indian subcontinent in the 1600s and, by the beginning of the 18th century, had established trading bases at coastal points, including Calcutta, Bombay and Madras. The main goods traded were cotton, sugar, indigo and opium.