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British India??
Is British India current India? If not, when did it become not British India?
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The British Raj is an informal term for the British colonial administration of most of the Indian subcontinent, or present-day India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, also included from 1886 was Burma. It lasted from 1858, when the rule of the British East India Company was transferred to the Crown, until 1947, when British India was partitioned into two states, India and Pakistan, each of which was granted full independence. Although Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) is on the Indian subcontinent, it is not counted part of the Raj, as it was ruled as a Crown Colony from London rather than by the Viceroy of India as a part of the Indian Empire. On the other hand, Burma, though not part of the subcontinent, was administered along with the Raj until the 1930s.
India gained full independence from British rule in 1947, later becoming a republic in 1950.
India gained full independence from British rule in 1947, later becoming a republic in 1950.
If I'm understanding your question correctly, India, as we know it today, formally gained independence on August 15, 1947 after centuries of British rule. Prior to that, however, there were numerous conflicts, especially during what was known as the British Raj, which was begun in 1857 with an armed rebellion against the British East India Company...
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