It lasted until 1947, when the British Raj was partitioned into two sovereign dominion states: the Union of India (later the Republic of India) and Pakistan ( ...

3 сент. 2024 г. · British raj, period of direct British rule over the Indian subcontinent from 1858 until the independence of India and Pakistan in 1947. The raj ...

The East India Company's control of India significantly impacted the British economy. Britain was able to export vast quantities of goods such as tea and pepper ...

The dominant power in India was the Mughal Empire. British adventurers had preceded the Company into India, including at the Mughal court. It needs to be ...

2 дек. 2022 г. · Between 1880 to 1920, British colonial policies in India claimed more lives than all famines in the Soviet Union, Maoist China and North Korea ...

29 июн. 2021 г. · The British empire in India was in effect established at the Battle of Plassey on 23 June 1757. The battle was swift, beginning at dawn and ...

12 июл. 2023 г. · British colonial policies facilitated the exploitation of India's wealth and resources, which resulted in widening socioeconomic disparities.

29 окт. 2015 г. · Colonies previously established in North America and the West Indies were characterized by British settlers living in permanent communities.

The British colonisation of India began in 1757 when the East India Company was permitted by the Mughal Emperor to establish a trading post in Calcutta. The ...