explain the principles which governed the policy of the government of India towards the Indian states from 1858to 1919
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This article is about the rule of the British Crown from 1858 to 1947 over the Indian subcontinent. For the previous rule of the East India Company which existed from 1757 to 1858, see Company rule in India. For other uses of "British Rule", see British Rule (disambiguation).
"British Empire in India" and "Indian Empire" redirect here. For other uses, see British India (disambiguation). For other Indian empires, see History of India.
The British Raj (/rɑːdʒ/; from rāj, literally, "rule" in Hindustani)[2] was the rule by the British Crown in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947.[3][4][5][6] The rule is also called Crown rule in India,[7] or direct rule in India.[8]The region under British control was commonly called British India or simply Indiain contemporaneous usage, and included areas directly administered by the United Kingdom, which were collectively called British India, and those ruled by indigenous rulers, but under British tutelage or paramountcy, and called the princely states. The de facto political amalgamation was also called the Indian Empire and after 1876 issued passports under that name.[9][10] As India, it was a founding member of the League of Nations, a participating nation in the Summer Olympics in 1900, 1920, 1928, 1932, and 1936, and a founding member of the United Nations in San Francisco in 1945.[11]
India
Imperial political structure comprising
(a) British India (a quasi-federation of
presidencies and provinces directly governed by the
British Crown through
the Viceroy and Governor-General of India);
(b) Princely states, governed by Indian rulers, under the
suzerainty of the British Crown exercised through the
Viceroy and Governor-General of
"British Empire in India" and "Indian Empire" redirect here. For other uses, see British India (disambiguation). For other Indian empires, see History of India.
The British Raj (/rɑːdʒ/; from rāj, literally, "rule" in Hindustani)[2] was the rule by the British Crown in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947.[3][4][5][6] The rule is also called Crown rule in India,[7] or direct rule in India.[8]The region under British control was commonly called British India or simply Indiain contemporaneous usage, and included areas directly administered by the United Kingdom, which were collectively called British India, and those ruled by indigenous rulers, but under British tutelage or paramountcy, and called the princely states. The de facto political amalgamation was also called the Indian Empire and after 1876 issued passports under that name.[9][10] As India, it was a founding member of the League of Nations, a participating nation in the Summer Olympics in 1900, 1920, 1928, 1932, and 1936, and a founding member of the United Nations in San Francisco in 1945.[11]
India
Imperial political structure comprising
(a) British India (a quasi-federation of
presidencies and provinces directly governed by the
British Crown through
the Viceroy and Governor-General of India);
(b) Princely states, governed by Indian rulers, under the
suzerainty of the British Crown exercised through the
Viceroy and Governor-General of
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