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Há 1 dia · To force the British Raj to meet its demands and to obtain definitive word on total self-rule, the Congress took the decision to launch the Quit India Movement. The aim of the movement was to force the British Government to the negotiating table by holding the Allied war effort hostage.
Há 5 dias · This article is about the rule of the East India Company on the Indian subcontinent from 1773 to 1858. For rule by the British Crown from 1858 to 1947, see British Raj. For the history of the East India Company until 1756, see East India Company. Company rule in India. 1757/1765/1773–1858.
- 1,940,000 km² (750,000 sq mi)
- Early modern
- Calcutta (1773–1858)
- British colony
Há 2 dias · British Raj, c. 1858 – c. 1947 Bengal Renaissance; Partition of Bengal (1905) Eastern Bengal and Assam; Bengal famine of 1943; Prime Minister of Bengal; Noakhali riots; East Bengal, c. 1947 – c. 1955 Partition of Bengal (1947) East Bengali refugees; Bengali Language Movement; East Pakistan, c. 1955 – c. 1971 1964 East Pakistan ...
Há 6 dias · The EIC territories in India were taken over by the British Crown in 1858, the beginning of what became popularly known as the British Raj (rule) in India. Queen Victoria (r. 1837-1901) was declared the Empress of India in 1877.
13 de mai. de 2024 · Durba Ghosh (Cornell University) Jon Wilson’s India Conquered: Britain’s Raj and the Chaos of Empire is a big book intended to provide a narrative account of how Britain, a small island nation in the northern Atlantic conquered India, a large subcontinental mass that sprawls across the Indian Ocean.
Há 1 dia · The first century of British influence. Political effects; Economic effects; Social effects; Cultural effects; The mutiny and great revolt of 1857–59. Nature and causes of the rebellion; The revolt and its aftermath; British imperial power, 1858–1947. Climax of the raj, 1858–85. Government of India Act of 1858; Social policy ...
2 de mai. de 2024 · Rajput, (from Sanskrit raja-putra, “son of a king”), any of about 12 million landowners organized in patrilineal clans and located mainly in central and northern India. They are especially numerous in the historic region of Rajputana (“Land of the Rajputs”) that also included portions of present-day eastern Pakistan.
