British Raj

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1858 – 1947 · up to 4,939 thousand km² · Asia

Capital: Kolkata (1858–1911), New Delhi (1911–1947)

The British Raj 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. The region under British control was commonly called India in contemporaneous usage and included areas directly administered by the United Kingdom, which were collectively called British India, and areas ruled by indigenous rulers, but under British paramountcy, called the princely states. The region was sometimes called the Indian Empire, though not officially.

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Predecessors: Company rule in India, Emirate of Afghanistan, Jaitpur State, Kolathunadu

Successors: Dominion of India, Dominion of Pakistan, British rule in Myanmar, Republic of India

Rulers

India: empires

British Raj 1858 – 1947, Republic of India since 1947

Events on its territory

• 1876–1878 Great Famine in India
• 1885 Founding of the Indian National Congress
• 1913 First Indian feature film
• 1913 Tagore wins the Nobel Prize for Gitanjali
• 1930 Gandhi's Salt March