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{{former country
 
|timeline= Raj Karega Khalsa
 
| name = अंग्रेजी राज (Hindi) <br> انگریزی راج (Urdu)
 
| name_en = British Raj
 
| name_short = British Raj
 
| flag= Flag of Imperial India.svg
 
| coa= Indian COA.png
 
| years= 1757–1858
 
| preceded_by= [[File:Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg|20px]] [[Maratha Empire (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Maratha Empire]] <br> [[File:Flag of the Mughal Empire.png|20px]] [[First Mughal Empire (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Mughal Empire]] <br> [[File:Flag of Mysore.svg|20px]] [[First Kingdom of Mysore (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Mysore]]
 
| succeeded_by= [[File:ALY.png|20px]] [[Sikh Kingdom of Khalistan (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Khalistan]] <br> [[File:Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg|20px]] [[Kingdom of Maharashtra (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Maratha Empire]] <br> [[File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg|20px]] [[Republic of Bengal (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Bengal]] <br> [[File:No flag.svg|20px]] [[Rajput Empire (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Rajput Empire]] <br> [[File:Flag of the Mughal Empire.png|20px]] [[Second Mughal Empire (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Mughal Empire]] <br> [[File:No flag.svg|20px]] [[Kingdom of Gujarat (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Gujarat]] <br> [[File:Flag of Mysore.svg|20px]] [[Second Kingdom of Mysore (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Mysore]] <br> [[File:No flag.svg|20px]] [[Kingdom of Assam (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Assam]] <br> [[File:No flag.svg|20px]] [[Kingdom of Nagpur (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Nagpur]] <br> [[File:No flag.svg|20px]] [[Kingdom of Odisha (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Odisha]] <br> [[File:No flag.svg|20px]] [[Kingdom of Bihar (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Bihar]] <br> [[File:Asafia flag of Hyderabad State.png|20px]] [[Kingdom of Hyderabad (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Hyderabad]] <br> [[File:British Burma 1937 flag.svg|20px]][[British Burma (Raj Karega Khalsa)|British Burma]]
 
| capital= [[Calcutta (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Calcutta]]
 
| language= [[English language (Raj Karega Khalsa)|English]], [[Hindi language (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Hindi]], [[Urdu language (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Urdu]]
 
| religion= Majority: [[Wikipedia:Hinduism|Hinduism]] <br> Others: [[Wikipedia:Islam|Islam]], [[Wikipedia:Buddhism|Buddhism]], [[Wikipedia:Christianity|Christianity]]
 
}}
 
 
 
{{Infobox former country
 
{{Infobox former country
 
|conventional_long_name = Company rule in India
|native_name = برطانوی راج <small> ([[Urdu lanaguge (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Urdu]]) </small>
 
|conventional_long_name = British Raj
 
 
|common_name = India
 
|common_name = India
|continent = Asia
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|continent = Asia
|region = India
+
|region = India
  +
|status_text = Joint-stock colony established by the [[Wikiepdia:East India Company|East India Company]] and regulated by the [[Wikiepdia:Parliament of the United Kingdom|British Parliament]].
|era =
 
  +
|status = Colony administered by the [[Wikiepdia:East India Company|East India Company]] and regulated by the [[Wikiepdia:Parliament of the United Kingdom|British Parliament]]
|year_start = 1757
 
 
|government_type = [[Wikiepdia:Corporatocracy|Corporatocracy]]
|year_end = 1858
 
 
|empire = British Empire
|life_span = 1757–1858
 
|event_start = [[Wikipedia:Battle of Plassey|Battle of Plassey]]
+
|event_start = [[Wikipdia:Battle of Plassey|Battle of Plassey]]
|date_start =
+
|date_start = 23 June
 
|year_start = 1757
|event_end = [[Indian Rebellion (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Indian Rebellion]]
+
|event_end = Indian victory in the [[Indian Rebellion (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Indian Rebellion (Raj Karega Khalsa)]]
|date_end =
+
|date_end = 2 August
|event_pre =
 
|date_pre =
+
|year_end = 1858
  +
|event1 = [[Wikiepdia:Treaty of Allahabad|Treaty of Allahabad]]
|event_post =
 
  +
|date_event1 = 16 August 1765
|date_post =
 
  +
|event2 = [[Wikiepdia:Treaty of Seringapatam|Treaty of Seringapatam]]
  +
|date_event2 = 18 March 1792
  +
|event3 = [[Wikiepdia:Treaty of Bassein (1802)|Treaty of Bassein]]
  +
|date_event3 = 31 December 1802
  +
|event4 = [[Wikiepdia:Treaty of Yandabo|Treaty of Yandabo]]
  +
|date_event4 = 24 February 1826
 
|p1 = [[Maratha Empire (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Maratha Empire]]
 
|p1 = [[Maratha Empire (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Maratha Empire]]
 
|flag_p1 = Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg
 
|flag_p1 = Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg
|p2 = [[First Mughal Empire (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Mughal Empire]]
+
|p2 = [[First Mughal Empire (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Mughal Empire]]
 
|flag_p2 = Flag of the Mughal Empire.png
 
|flag_p2 = Flag of the Mughal Empire.png
 
|p3 = [[First Kingdom of Mysore (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Mysore]]
 
|p3 = [[First Kingdom of Mysore (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Mysore]]
 
|flag_p3 = Flag of Mysore.svg
 
|flag_p3 = Flag of Mysore.svg
|p4 =  
 
|p5 =  
 
|p6 =  
 
 
|s1 = [[Sikh Empire (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Sikh Empire]]
 
|s1 = [[Sikh Empire (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Sikh Empire]]
 
|flag_s1 = Kattar Dhal Talwar.jpg
 
|flag_s1 = Kattar Dhal Talwar.jpg
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|s12 =  [[British Burma (Raj Karega Khalsa)|British Burma]]
 
|s12 =  [[British Burma (Raj Karega Khalsa)|British Burma]]
 
|flag_s12 =British Burma 1937 flag.svg
 
|flag_s12 =British Burma 1937 flag.svg
 
|s13 = [[Straits Settlements (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Straits Settlements]]
|image_flag = Flag of Imperial India.svg{{!}}border
 
  +
|flag_s13 = Flag of the British Straits Settlements (1874-1942).svg
|flag =
 
 
|image_flag = Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg
|flag_type = Flag
 
  +
|flag = East India Company#Flags
|image_coat = Indian COA.png
 
  +
|image_coat = Coat of arms of the East India Company.svg
  +
|symbol = East_India_Company#Coat_of_arms
 
|symbol_type = Coat of arms
 
|symbol_type = Coat of arms
 
|capital = [[Kolkata (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Calcutta]] <small>(1757–1858)</small>
|symbol =
 
  +
|national_motto = ''Auspicio Regis et Senatus Angliae''<br /><small>"By command of the King and Parliament of England"</small>
|image_map =
 
 
|common_languages = '''Official''': [[English (Raj Karega Khalsa)|English]]
|image_map_caption =
 
 
|currency = [[Company Rupee (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Company Rupee]]
|image_map2 =
 
  +
|representative1 = [[Wikipedia:Warren Hastings|Warren Hastings]] <small>(first)</small>
|image_map2_caption =
 
  +
|year_representative1 = 1774–75
|national_motto =
 
  +
|representative2 = [[Wikipedia:Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning|Charles Canning]] <small>(last)</small>
|national_anthem = [[God Save The King/Queen (Raj Karega Khalsa)|God Save The King/Queen]]
 
  +
|year_representative2 = 1857–58
|capital = [[Calcutta (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Calcutta]]
 
 
|title_representative = [[Wikipedia:Governor-General of India|Governor-General]]
|common_languages = [[English language (Raj Karega Khalsa)|English]], [[Urdu language (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Urdu]]
 
 
| stat_year1 = 1858
|religion = '''Official:''' <br> [[Wikipedia:Christianity|Christianity]] ([[Wikipedia:Anglicanism|Anglicanism]]) <br> '''Majority:'''<br/> [[Wikipedia:Hinduism|Hinduism]] <br> '''Minorities:''' <br> [[Wikipedia:Islam|Islam]], [[Wikipedia:Zoroastrianism|Zoroastrianism]], [[Wikipedia:Jainism|Jainism]], [[Wikipedia:Buddhism|Buddhism]], [[Wikipedia:Sikhism|Sikhism]]
 
  +
| stat_area1 = 1942481
|government_type = [[Wikipedia:Colony|Colony]]
 
 
|today =
|title_leader = [[Emperor of India (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Emperor]]
 
|leader1 = [[Queen Victoria (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Queen Victoria]]
 
|year_leader1 = 1757–1858
 
|title_deputy = [[List of Governor-Generals of India (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Governor-General]]
 
|deputy1 = [[Jamadar Khushal Singh (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Jamadar Khushal Singh]]
 
|year_deputy1 = 1757–1858
 
|deputy2 = [[Dhian Singh Dogra (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Dhian Singh Dogra]]
 
|year_deputy2 = 1818–1837
 
|deputy3 = [[Fakir Azizuddin (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Fakir Azizuddin]]
 
|year_deputy3 = 1837–1845
 
|legislature =
 
|house1 =
 
|type_house1 =
 
|stat_year1 =
 
|stat_pop1 =
 
|stat_year2 =
 
|stat_pop2 =
 
|stat_area2 =
 
|currency = [[Indian Rupee (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Indian Rupee]]
 
|footnotes =
 
|today = [[File:Punjab Flag (A Different Story).png|20px]] [[Republic of Punjab (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Punjab]] <br> [[File:Af pakht3.svg|20px]] [[Republic of Pakhtunkhwa (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Pakhtunkhwa]] <br> [[File:Flag of Tajikistan.svg|20px]] [[Republic of Tajikistan (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Tajikistan]] <br> [[File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg|20px]] [[Republic of Uzbekistan (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Uzbekistan]] <br> [[File:No flag.svg|20px]] [[Republic of Hazaraistan (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Hazaraistan]] <br> [[File:No flag.svg|20px]] [[Republic of Aimaqistan (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Aimaqistan]] <br> [[File:Flag of Turkmenistan.svg|20px]] [[Republic of Turkmenistan (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Turkmenistan]] <br> [[File:Flag of Rajasthan (Raj Karega Khalsa).png|20px]] [[Republic of Rajasthan (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Rajasthan]] <br> [[File:Flag of Sindhudesh.svg|20px]] [[Republic of Sindh (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Sindh]] <br> [[File:Flag of Gujarat (Raj Karega Khalsa).png|20px]] [[Republic of Gujarat (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Gujarat]] <br> [[File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg|20px]] [[Republic of Bengal (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Bengal]] <br> [[File:Ahom insignia plain.svg|20px]] [[Kingdom of Assam (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Assam]] <br> [[File:Flag_of_Nepal.svg|20px]] [[Kingdom of Nepal (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Nepal]] <br> [[File:Flag of the Balochistan Liberation Army.svg|20px]] [[Republic of Balochistan (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Balochistan]] <br> [[File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg|20px]] [[Republic of Mazun (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Mazun]] <br> [[File:Flag of Bhutan.svg|20px]] [[Kingdom of Bhutan (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Bhutan]] <br> [[File:Flag of Myanmar.svg|20px]] [[Union of Burma (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Burma]] <br> [[File:Sikh Kashmir.png|20px]] [[Republic of Kashmir (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Kashmir]] <br> [[File:Flag_of_Gilgit-Baltistan.png|20px]] [[Republic of Balawaristan (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Balawaristan]] <br> [[File:Flag of Burundi.svg|20px]] [[Republic of Kashmir (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Burundi]] <br> [[File:Flag of Kenya.svg|20px]] [[Republic of Kenya (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Kenya]] <br> [[File:Flag of Rwanda.svg|20px]] [[Republic of Rwanda (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Rwanda]] <br> [[File:Flag of Tanzania.svg|20px]] [[United Republic of Tanzania (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Tanzania]] <br> [[File:Flag of Uganda.svg|20px]] [[Republic of Uganda (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Uganda]] <br> [[File:Flag of Bihar.png|20px]] [[Republic of Bihar (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Bihar]] <br> [[File:Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg|20px]] [[Kingdom of Maharashtra (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Maharashtra]] <br> [[File:Flag of Bhutan.svg|20px]] [[Kingdom of Bhutan (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Bhutan]] <br> [[File:Flag of Rajasthan (Raj Karega Khalsa).png|20px]] [[Republic of Rajasthan (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Rajasthan]] <br>[[File:Flag of Awadh.svg|20px]] [[Republic of Agra & Awadh (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Agra &amp; Awadh]] <br> [[File:Flag of Myanmar.svg|20px]] [[Union of Burma (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Burma]] <br> [[File:Flag State of Yunnan (TNE).png|20px]] [[Republic of Yunnan (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Yunnan]] <br> [[File:Cantonese Flag.png|20px]] [[Cantonese Republic (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Canton]] <br> [[File:Flag of Tibet.svg|20px]] [[Tibetan Republic (Raj Karega Khalsa)|Tibet]]
 
 
}}
 
}}
   

Latest revision as of 01:31, 23 April 2017

Company rule in India
Joint-stock colony established by the East India Company and regulated by the British Parliament.
[[Maratha Empire|]] Flag of the Maratha Empire
 
[[Mughal Empire|]] Flag of the Mughal Empire
 
[[Mysore|]] Flag of Mysore
1757–1858
Flag of the British East India Company (1801) Coat of arms
Flag Coat of arms
Motto
Auspicio Regis et Senatus Angliae
"By command of the King and Parliament of England"
Capital Calcutta (1757–1858)
Languages Official: English
Government Corporatocracy
Governor-General
 -  1774–75 Warren Hastings (first)
 -  1857–58 Charles Canning (last)
History
 -  Battle of Plassey 23 June 1757
 -  Treaty of Allahabad 16 August 1765
 -  Treaty of Seringapatam 18 March 1792
 -  Treaty of Bassein 31 December 1802
 -  Treaty of Yandabo 24 February 1826
 -  Indian victory in the Indian Rebellion (Raj Karega Khalsa) 2 August 1858
Area
 -  1858 1,942,481 km² (749,996 sq mi)
Currency Company Rupee
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Flag of the Maratha Empire Maratha Empire
Flag of the Mughal Empire Mughal Empire
Flag of Mysore Mysore
Sikh Empire Kattar Dhal Talwar
Bengal Flag of Bangladesh
Maratha Empire Flag of the Maratha Empire
Rajput Empire No flag
 Gujarat No flag
 Assam No flag
[[Mysore]] Flag of Mysore
 Nagpur No flag
 Assam No flag
 Hyderabad Asafia flag of Hyderabad State
 Bihar No flag
 British Burma British Burma 1937 flag
Straits Settlements Flag of the British Straits Settlements (1874-1942)


The British Raj (rāj, meaning "rule" in Hindi) was the British rule in the Indian subcontinent between 1757 and 1858. The British were driven out of South Asia after the Indian Rebellion.