British India means the areas of South Asia which for hundreds of years were under the influence of the English (later the British). From the 1600s until 1858 these areas were run by the English East India Company. From 1858 until 1947 they were the British Raj. Some areas were under the direct rule of the Governor-General of India.

17/02/2011 · In the first half of the 19th century, when the East India Company still ruled India on Britain's behalf, there was a heady rhetoric of reform and improvement in some British circles.

07/05/2021 · Bombay passed into the British hands as dowry given by the Portuguese. The British conflicts with the Dutch were settled by giving up all claims to Indonesia. The conditions in the south were apt for the English. They started from Madras, by building a fort there, called Fort St. George. The problems broke out when the English sacked Hugli and declared war on the …

04/04/2017 · A persuasively argued but one-sided account of the economic and political failings of British rule in India. Andrew Robinson | Published in History Today Volume 67 Issue 4 April 2017 In 1700, India, then ruled by the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb, an autocratic religious zealot, boasted 24.4 per cent of global GDP: a share almost equal to that of Europe’s 25 per cent.

British raj, period of direct British rule over the Indian subcontinent from 1858 until the independence of India and Pakistan in 1947. The raj succeeded management of the subcontinent by the British East India Company, after general distrust and dissatisfaction with company leadership resulted in a widespread mutiny of sepoy troops in 1857, ...

04/06/2021 · According to the Conversation, under the British Raj — which is the term used to describe the post-East India Company era between 1872 and 1921 — life expectancy for Indians dropped but honestly, it wasn't that great during the reign of the East India Company, either. After India finally achieved independence, average life expectancy went skyrocketing up, far …

25/02/2017 · The British Crown took over power from the Eastern India Company, progressively making India a colony and controlled everything throughout the rulers of what was known as Princely States. 1885 saw the birth of the Indian Nation Congress in Bombay who played a huge role towards India’s independence.