- British Raj - Wikipedia
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 Dominion of Pakistan (later the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and People's Republic of Bangladesh in the 1971 Proclamation of Bangladeshi Independence)
- British raj | Imperialism, Impact, History, Facts | Britannica
British raj, period of direct British rule over the Indian subcontinent from 1858 until the independence of India and Pakistan in 1947
- RAJ Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
When English speakers borrowed raj around 1800, they used exactly the same spelling and meaning as its Hindi parent (the Hindi word in turn traces to an older term that is related to the Sanskrit word for "king")
- 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, the rule, and the period, from 1858 to 1947, of the British Empire on the Indian subcontinent
- 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 British Raj
- The Raj | Encyclopedia. com
The Raj, a Hindi word meaning “ rule, ” is the epithet most closely associated with British rule of the Indian subcontinent While the English East India Company (EIC) had been present in South Asia from the early seventeenth century, formal British rule began in 1757
- What was the British ‘Raj’? - General History
Amidst bloody riots, religious conflicts, mass assassinations and political mayhem, the Raj disappeared in August, 1947, to be replaced by (Hindu) India and (Muslim) Pakistan as separate states
- The British Raj - The Civil India
The term “Raj” signifies rule, and under British colonial control, India was considered the jewel of the British Empire The British Empire, once vast and spanning continents, was said to have had a presence where “the sun never set ”
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