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The Partition of India split the former British province of Punjab between the Dominion of India and the Dominion of Pakistan. The mostly Muslim western part of the province became Pakistan's Punjab province ; the mostly Hindu and Sikh eastern part became India's East Punjab state (later divided into the new states of Punjab , Haryana , and ...
EIC in India: 1600–1757: Company rule in India: 1757–1858: British rule in Portuguese India: 1797–1813: British Raj in India: 1858–1947: British rule in Burma: 1824–1948: Princely states: 1721–1949: Partition of India: 1947
EIC in India: 1600–1757: Company rule in India: 1757–1858: British rule in Portuguese India: 1797–1813: British Raj in India: 1858–1947: British rule in Burma: 1824–1948: Princely states: 1721–1949: Partition of India: 1947
A map of the British Indian Empire in 1909 during the partition of Bengal (1905–1911), showing British India in two shades of pink (coral and pale) and the princely states in yellow. At the turn of the 20th century, British India consisted of eight provinces that were administered either by a governor or a lieutenant-governor.
Districts, often known as zillas in vernacular, were established as subdivisions of the provinces and divisions of British India that were under Bengal Presidency.Then it was established as subdivisions the most Provinces of British India [2]
[7]: 289 Gokhale had earlier met prominent British liberals, hoping to obtain constitutional reforms for India. [7]: 289–290 The radicalization of Indian nationalism because of the partition would drastically lower the chances for the reforms. However, Gokhale successfully steered the more moderate approach in a Congress meeting and gained ...
India's balances totalled to Rs. 17.24 billion in March 1946; of that sum Rs. 15.12 billion [£1.134 billion] was split between India and Pakistan when they became independent in August 1947. They finally got the money and India spent all its share by 1957 which included buying back British owned assets in India. [55]
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.