British Raj - Wikipedia
WEBThe British Raj (/ rɑːdʒ / RAHJ; from Hindustani rāj, 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') [14] was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent, [15] lasting from 1858 to 1947. [16] It is also called Crown rule in India, [17] or Direct rule in India. [18]
British raj | Imperialism, Impact, History, & Facts | Britannica
WEBSep 3, 2024 · British raj, period of direct British rule over the Indian subcontinent following the uprising of 1857 and the abolition of the East India Company’s role in managing the region. It was instituted with the Government of India Act of 1858 and lasted until the independence of India and Pakistan in 1947.
History of the British Raj - Wikipedia
WEBThe British Raj was the period of British Parliament rule on the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947, for around 89 years of British occupation. 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.
A Summary of British Rule in India - ThoughtCo
WEBJan 28, 2020 · In 1942, Britain sent an envoy to India, led by the British Labour politician Stafford Cripps (1889–1952), offering future dominion status in return for help recruiting more soldiers. Cripps may have made a secret agreement with the Muslim League, allowing Muslims to opt out of a future Indian state.
Jawaharlal Nehru - Wikipedia
WEBNehru served as the prime minister for eighteen years, first as interim prime minister during 1946–1947 during the last year of the British Raj and then as prime minister of independent India from 15 August 1947 to 27 May 1964.
From Empire to Independence: The British Raj in India 1858-1947
WEBMar 3, 2011 · Edwin Montagu was the first serving secretary of state to visit India on a fact-finding mission in 1917-1918. 1,200 civil servants could not rule 300 to 350 million Indians without indigenous...
Mohandas Gandhi ‑ Biography, Facts & Beliefs | HISTORY
WEBJul 30, 2010 · Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was leader of India's nonviolent independence movement against British rule. He was revered the world over for his philosophy of passive resistance and was known to...
British Raj - New World Encyclopedia
WEBBritish 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 …
Mahatma Gandhi | Biography, Education, Religion, …
WEB5 days ago · Mahatma Gandhi (born October 2, 1869, Porbandar, India—died January 30, 1948, Delhi) was an Indian lawyer, politician, social activist, and writer who became the leader of the Indian Independence Movement against British rule.
India - Nationalism, British, Resistance | Britannica
WEB4 days ago · Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1856–1920), Gokhale’s colleague at Fergusson College, was the leader of Indian nationalism’s revolutionary reaction against British rule. Tilak was Poona’s most popular Marathi journalist, whose vernacular newspaper, Kesari (“Lion”), became the leading literary thorn in the side of the British.