British+Raj

British Raj
Emily Chang, So Yeon Park
 * Britain's interest in India began in the early 1600s, as the British East India Company arrived in India; since then, the British influence gradually increased until 1763 when the British Empire in India officially began.
 * Between 1858 and 1947, India was ruled by a group of British known as the British Raj.
 * After the Indian Mutiny in 1858, the rule under the British Raj was a mostly peaceful one until Lord Curzon became Viceroy in 1898 and implemented unpopular laws that sparked the beginning of the Indian Nationalist Movement
 * India gained independence from the British Raj in 1947.
 * During the time, the British Raj included about 2/3 of India, with the rest of India governed under the rule of local princes. However, the British exerted significant influence on the local princes, thus, effectively controlling all parts of India.



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