Question

Story on changing the British Raj

Answer 1

Answer:

The British Raj refers to the period of British rule on the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947. The system of governance was instituted in 1858 when the rule of the East India Company was transferred to the Crown in the person of Queen Victoria (who in 1876 was proclaimed Empress of India). It lasted until 1947, when the British provinces of India were partitioned into two sovereign dominion states: the Dominion of India and the Dominion of Pakistan, leaving the princely states to choose between them. The two new dominions later became the Republic of India and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (the eastern half of which, still later, became the People's Republic of Bangladesh). The province of Burma in the eastern region of the Indian Empire had been made a separate colony in 1937 and became independent in 1948.

Explanation:

Dutch India

1605–1825

Danish India

1620–1869

French India

1668–1954

Portuguese India

(1505–1961)

Casa da Índia

1434–1833

Portuguese East India Company

1628–1633

British India

(1612–1947)

East India Company

1612–1757

Company rule in India

1757–1858

British Raj

1858–1947

British rule in Burma

1824–1948

Princely states

1721–1949

Partition of India

1947