Government of British India

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administrative authority colonial government

The Government of British India was the colonial administrative authority that ruled the Indian subcontinent under British Crown control until independence in 1947.

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All labels observed (20)

Label	Occurrences
Government of British India canonical	18
Government of India (British Raj)	12
British colonial government	10
British Government in India	6
British colonial government in India	6
British Government of India	5
British Indian government	5
British Raj administration	4
British government in India	4
British Indian Government	2
British Indian administration	2
British Raj authorities	2
British colonial administration in India	2
British Empire administration in India	1
British India administration	1
British Indian authorities	1
British Indian provincial government	1
British Raj government	1
British colonial government of India	1
colonial government of British India	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative authority ⓘ colonial government ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	British India ⓘ surface form: British Raj British provinces in India ⓘ Burma (until 1937) ⓘ South Asia ⓘ surface form: Indian subcontinent princely states (indirectly) ⓘ
capital	Calcutta ⓘ New Delhi, India ⓘ surface form: New Delhi
capitalFrom	Calcutta 1858–1911 ⓘ New Delhi 1911–1947 ⓘ
controls	British Indian Army ⓘ Indian Civil Service ⓘ Indian Imperial Police ⓘ surface form: Indian Police Service (colonial)
country	British India ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
currency	Indian rupee ⓘ
endTime	1947 ⓘ
executiveBody	Executive Council of the Viceroy ⓘ surface form: Viceroy's Executive Council
follows	British Raj (Company rule in India) ⓘ surface form: East India Company rule in India
governmentType	colonial administration under Crown ⓘ unitary centralized state ⓘ
hasPart	bureaucratic departments in India Office ⓘ Government of Bombay Presidency ⓘ surface form: provincial governments of British India
headOfGovernmentTitle	Viceroy of India ⓘ surface form: Viceroy and Governor-General of India
headOfState	Monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
headOfStateTitle	Emperor of India ⓘ
legalBasis	Government of India Act 1858 ⓘ Government of India Act 1919 ⓘ Government of India Act 1935 ⓘ
legislativeBody	Legislative Assembly ⓘ surface form: Central Legislative Assembly Council of State ⓘ Imperial Legislative Council of India ⓘ surface form: Imperial Legislative Council
notablePolicy	divide and rule strategy ⓘ land revenue settlements ⓘ railway expansion in India ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
oversightBy	Secretary of State for India ⓘ
parentOrganization	British Empire ⓘ
partOf	British India ⓘ surface form: British Raj
replacedBy	Dominion of India ⓘ Dominion of Pakistan ⓘ
significantEvent	Government of India Act 1858 ⓘ Government of India Act 1919 ⓘ Government of India Act 1935 ⓘ Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ Partition of India ⓘ surface form: partition of British India transfer of power 1947 ⓘ
startTime	1858 ⓘ
subordinateTo	British Cabinet ⓘ British Parliament ⓘ

Referenced by (85)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Edwin Lutyens → employer → Government of British India ⓘ

Herbert Baker → employer → Government of British India ⓘ

this entity surface form: British colonial government in India

Great Seal of the Realm (Indian version) → usedBy → Government of British India ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Government in India

Great Seal of the Realm (Indian version) → associatedWithInstitution → Government of British India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Government of India (British Raj)

Legislative Assembly of the United Provinces → parentOrganization → Government of British India ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Indian provincial government

Kalat Agency → administeredBy → Government of British India ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Indian government

Commander-in-Chief, Madras Army → usedBy → Government of British India ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Indian government

India Office Records → documents → Government of British India ⓘ

this entity surface form: British government in India

Gateway of India → commissionedBy → Government of British India ⓘ

Direct Action Day → governingAuthorityAtTime → Government of British India ⓘ

this entity surface form: British colonial government of India

Council of India → partOf → Government of British India ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Raj administration

Great Trigonometrical Survey of India → continuedBy → Government of British India ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Raj government

John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence → employer → Government of British India ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Government in India

National Archives of India → establishedBy → Government of British India ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Government in India

Baghat → underAdministrationOf → Government of British India ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Indian authorities

Indian National Congress movement → opposedBy → Government of British India ⓘ

this entity surface form: British colonial government in India

British salt monopoly → implementedBy → Government of British India ⓘ

this entity surface form: British colonial government in India

Kala Pani → constructedBy → Government of British India ⓘ

this entity surface form: British colonial government

Kala Pani → usedBy → Government of British India ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Raj authorities

Bengal European Regiment → associatedWith → Government of British India ⓘ

this entity surface form: British colonial administration in India

Council of the Governor-General → partOf → Government of British India ⓘ

Indian Medical Service → partOf → Government of British India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Government of India (British Raj)

Indian Medical Service → employer → Government of British India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Government of India (British Raj)

Indianization of the officer corps (interwar period) → implementedBy → Government of British India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Government of India (British Raj)

Penang and Province Wellesley Volunteer Corps → operatedBy → Government of British India ⓘ

this entity surface form: British colonial government

Indian Expeditionary Force D → operatedUnder → Government of British India ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Government of India

Hindu–German Conspiracy → hasOpponent → Government of British India ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Indian government

Simla Conference of 1945 → organizer → Government of British India ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Government in India

Indian Railways → foundedBy → Government of British India ⓘ

this entity surface form: British colonial government in India

Secretariat Building → builtFor → Government of British India ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Indian government

Annulment of Partition of Bengal 1911 → participant → Government of British India ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Government of India

Central India Agency → governingBody → Government of British India ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Government in India

Sukhdev Thapar → executionOrderedBy → Government of British India ⓘ

this entity surface form: British colonial government

Kakori train robbery → targetOwner → Government of British India ⓘ

Kakori train robbery → opponent → Government of British India ⓘ

this entity surface form: British colonial government

Political Department of the Government of India → partOf → Government of British India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Government of India (British Raj)

Western India States Agency → establishedBy → Government of British India ⓘ

Lieutenant-Governor of Java → subordinateTo → Government of British India ⓘ

this entity surface form: British government in India

Indian Imperial Police → parentOrganization → Government of British India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Government of India (British Raj)

Al-Hilal (Urdu weekly) → bannedBy → Government of British India ⓘ

this entity surface form: British colonial government

Province Wellesley → administeredBy → Government of British India ⓘ

this entity surface form: British colonial government

Shela Bagh Tunnel → builtBy → Government of British India ⓘ

this entity surface form: British India administration

Sir Richard Strachey → employer → Government of British India ⓘ

Governor’s Executive Council of Madras Presidency → politicalAlignment → Government of British India ⓘ

this entity surface form: British colonial government

University of Allahabad → founder → Government of British India ⓘ

this entity surface form: British colonial government in India

Benares Division → underAuthorityOf → Government of British India ⓘ

Ceylon Defence Force → formedBy → Government of British India ⓘ

this entity surface form: British colonial government

Gorakhpur Division → underAuthorityOf → Government of British India ⓘ

Royal Malayan Police → employer → Government of British India ⓘ

this entity surface form: British colonial government

Cachar Levy → underAuthorityOf → Government of British India ⓘ

this entity surface form: colonial government of British India