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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 - 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
British Raj - Oxford Reference The Indian National Congress, which initiated nationalist criticism of the Raj, and eventually succeeded it, was founded in 1885 The Raj ended in 1947 when Britain transferred power to the new states of India and Pakistan
British Raj | Research Starters - EBSCO The term "British Raj" refers to the period from 1857 to 1947, during which the British government took control of most of India Historians still debate about the long-term effects of British colonialism in India and whether it was ultimately good or bad for India's populace