British India (Cherry, Plum, and Chrysanthemum)

The British Raj was the region in the Indian subcontinent that under British control between 1858 and 1947, included areas directly administered by the United Kingdom, as well as the princely states ruled by individual rulers under the paramountcy of the British Crown. However, there were few princely states that recognized by the British Empire as independent states such as Nepal and Bhutan. Lower and Upper Burma was governed as the part of the Raj until separated as a separate British colony in 1937.