British India

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British colony colonial possession former country territory in Asia

British India was the vast territory on the Indian subcontinent administered by the British Crown and its agents from the 18th to mid-20th century, forming the core of the British Empire in Asia.

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All labels observed (44)

Label Occurrences
British India canonical 1,659
British Raj 333
British Empire in India 10

Statements (106)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British colony ⓘ
colonial possession ⓘ
former country ⓘ
territory in Asia ⓘ
administrativeDivision directly ruled British provinces ⓘ
princely states under indirect rule ⓘ
alsoKnownAs British India ⓘ
surface form: British Raj

British India ⓘ
surface form: Indian Empire
borderedBy Afghanistan ⓘ
Arabian Sea ⓘ
Bay of Bengal ⓘ
China ⓘ
Persian Gulf (via Aden connections) ⓘ
China ⓘ
surface form: Tibet
capital Calcutta ⓘ
New Delhi, India ⓘ
surface form: New Delhi
capitalFrom Calcutta 1858 ⓘ
New Delhi 1911 ⓘ
capitalTo Calcutta 1911 ⓘ
New Delhi 1947 ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country India ⓘ
currency Indian rupee ⓘ
demographicFeature religiously diverse population ⓘ
dissolutionCause Indian Independence Act 1947 ⓘ
economicFeature major exporter of jute ⓘ
major exporter of opium (19th century) ⓘ
major exporter of raw cotton ⓘ
major exporter of tea ⓘ
economicPolicy Mahalwari system in some regions ⓘ
Ryotwari system in some regions ⓘ
imperial preference and free trade with Britain ⓘ
land revenue settlements such as Permanent Settlement ⓘ
endDate 1947 ⓘ
flag Union Flag ⓘ
surface form: Union Jack (official colonial flag)
followedBy Dominion of India ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
surface form: Dominion of Pakistan
governmentType colonial administration under British Crown ⓘ
headOfGovernment Viceroy of India ⓘ
headOfState British monarch ⓘ
surface form: Monarch of the United Kingdom
includedTerritory Aden (until 1937, administratively linked) ⓘ
Ajmer-Merwara ⓘ
Andaman and Nicobar Islands ⓘ
Assam ⓘ
Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province) ⓘ
Bengal ⓘ
Bombay Presidency ⓘ
Burma (until 1937) ⓘ
Central Provinces ⓘ
New Delhi, India ⓘ
surface form: Delhi

Laccadive Islands (Lakshadweep) ⓘ
Madras Presidency ⓘ
British India self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: North-West Frontier Province

Oudh ⓘ
Punjab ⓘ
Sind ⓘ
United Provinces ⓘ
princely states under British suzerainty ⓘ
independenceMovementLeader Annie Besant ⓘ
Bal Gangadhar Tilak ⓘ
Bhagat Singh ⓘ
Jawaharlal Nehru ⓘ
Lala Lajpat Rai ⓘ
Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Muhammad Ali Jinnah ⓘ
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel ⓘ
Subhas Chandra Bose ⓘ
introducedInstitution Indian Civil Service ⓘ
Indian Civil Service ⓘ
surface form: Indian Police Service (colonial predecessor)

modern postal system in India ⓘ
modern university system in India ⓘ
railway network in India ⓘ
unified Indian Army under British command ⓘ
legalInstrumentCreating Government of India Act 1858 ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
majorReligions Buddhism ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Jainism ⓘ
Sikhism ⓘ
notableEvent Civil Disobedience Movement ⓘ
Government of India Act 1919 ⓘ
Government of India Act 1935 ⓘ
Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ
Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919 ⓘ
Non-Cooperation Movement ⓘ
Partition of Bengal 1905 ⓘ
Quit India movement ⓘ
surface form: Quit India Movement

World War I participation ⓘ
World War II participation ⓘ
partition of British India 1947 ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
Hindustani (in practice, alongside regional languages) ⓘ
partOf British Empire ⓘ
precededBy British India self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Company rule in India

Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ
region South Asia ⓘ
surface form: Indian subcontinent
separatedTerritory Burma separated in 1937 ⓘ
startDate 1858 ⓘ
successorState Pakistan ⓘ
surface form: Islamic Republic of Pakistan

People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ
India ⓘ
surface form: Republic of India
symbol Star of India ⓘ
titleOfMonarch Emperor of India ⓘ
Emperor of India ⓘ
surface form: Empress of India

Referenced by (2,105)

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

Bengal → wasProvinceOf → British India ⓘ
Madras Presidency → country → British India ⓘ
Madras Presidency → partOf → British India ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Raj
United Provinces → country → British India ⓘ
United Provinces → partOf → British India ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Raj
Sind → partOf → British India ⓘ
Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province) → country → British India ⓘ
Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province) → locatedIn → British India ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Raj
Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province) → partOf → British India ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Indian Empire
Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province) → historicalEra → British India ⓘ
this entity surface form: British colonial period
Partition of Bengal 1905 → country → British India ⓘ
Partition of Bengal 1905 → implementedBy → British India ⓘ
this entity surface form: British colonial government in India
Government of India Act 1935 → countryOfJurisdiction → British India ⓘ
Muhammad Ali Jinnah → countryOfBirth → British India ⓘ
Muhammad Ali Jinnah → citizenship → British India ⓘ
Battle of Hong Kong → belligerent → British India ⓘ
Sevagram Ashram → era → British India ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Raj
British Malaya → partOf → British India ⓘ
this entity surface form: British colonial empire in Asia
Lord Roberts → placeOfBirth → British India ⓘ
Rabindranath Tagore → placeOfBirth → British India ⓘ
Rabindranath Tagore → placeOfDeath → British India ⓘ
Satyendra Nath Bose → placeOfBirth → British India ⓘ
Satyendra Nath Bose → citizenship → British India ⓘ
Edward VIII → monarchOf → British India ⓘ
Partition of India → countryDivided → British India ⓘ
Partition of India → location → British India ⓘ
Quit India movement → location → British India ⓘ
Maratha Empire → followedBy → British India ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Raj
Viceroy of India → country → British India ⓘ
Viceroy of India → historicalPeriod → British India ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Raj
Burma (until 1937) → country → British India ⓘ
Burma (until 1937) → administeredBy → British India ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Raj
Burma (until 1937) → partOf → British India ⓘ
Burma (until 1937) → separatedFrom → British India ⓘ
Oudh → partOf → British India ⓘ
Government of India Act 1858 → jurisdiction → British India ⓘ
Indian Independence Act 1947 → territorialExtent → British India ⓘ
Indian Independence Act 1947 → endedColonialRuleOver → British India ⓘ
Ajmer-Merwara → country → British India ⓘ
Ajmer-Merwara → administeredDirectly → British India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Government of India (British Raj)
Ajmer-Merwara → partOf → British India ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Raj
Ajmer-Merwara → partOf → British India ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Indian Empire
Ajmer-Merwara → historicalEra → British India ⓘ
this entity surface form: British colonial period
Kasturba Gandhi → placeOfBirth → British India ⓘ
Kasturba Gandhi → placeOfDeath → British India ⓘ
Champaran Satyagraha → historicalRegion → British India ⓘ
Bombay Castle → associatedWith → British India ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Raj
Bombay Legislative Council → country → British India ⓘ
Bombay Legislative Council → historicalPeriod → British India ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Raj
ICS → country → British India ⓘ
subject surface form: Indian Civil Service