The British Raj was the period of rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent, lasting from 1858 to 1947, also called Crown rule in India or direct rule in India. The region under British control was commonly called India, and included areas directly administered by the United Kingdom (British India) as well as areas ruled by indigenous rulers under British paramountcy, the princely states.
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Area (sq km) Independence or Founding Year Dissolution or End Year Classification
Sovereignty StatusHistorical or Dissolved State 1 In the Other Atlases
- Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: B. P. Pal, nationals include there.
- Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: B. R. Barwale, nationals include there.
- Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: Binay Ranjan Sen, nationals include there.
- Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: Dilbagh Singh Athwal, nationals include there.
- Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: Fazle Hasan Abed, nationals include there.
- Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: M. S. Swaminathan, nationals include there.
- Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: Modadugu Vijay Gupta, nationals include there.
- Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: Panjabrao Deshmukh, nationals include there.
- Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: S. K. Patil, nationals include there.
- Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: Tribhuvandas Kishibhai Patel, nationals include there.
- Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: Verghese Kurien, nationals include there.
- Also in Arts and Music Atlas: Amrita Sher-Gil, nationals include there.
- Also in Arts and Music Atlas: Ram Gopal, nationals include there.
- Also in Arts and Music Atlas: Ravi Shankar, nationals include there.
- Also in Arts and Music Atlas: Uday Shankar, nationals include there.
- Also in Education Atlas: Savitribai Phule, nationals include there.
- Also in Law Atlas: Javed Iqbal, nationals include there.
- Also in Law Atlas: Latifur Rahman, nationals include there.
- Also in Law Atlas: Muhammad Habibur Rahman, nationals include there.
- Also in Medicine Atlas: Brihaspati Dev Triguna, nationals include there.
- Also in Medicine Atlas: Hakim Ajmal Khan, nationals include there.
- Also in Medicine Atlas: Jamini Bhushan Ray, nationals include there.
- Also in Medicine Atlas: Jogesh Chandra Ghosh, nationals include there.
- Also in Society and Culture Atlas: DP Mukerji, nationals include there.
- Also in Society and Culture Atlas: Hare Krishna Konar, nationals include there.
- Also in Society and Culture Atlas: Jyoti Basu, nationals include there.
- Also in Technology and Engineering Atlas: Fazlur Rahman Khan, nationals include there.
Sources
1. Wikidata: British Raj
- Wikidata P2046 (area), preferred/latest rank
- Wikidata P1082 (population), preferred/latest rank
- Wikidata Q129286, class allow-list match (Q3024240 historical country)
British Raj (Wikipedia)
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The British Raj ( RAHJ; from Hindustani raj, 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') was the period of rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent, lasting from 1858 to 1947. It is also called Crown rule in India, or direct rule in India.
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