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- The British East India Company, sometimes referred to as "John Company," was a joint-stock company which was granted an English Royal ...38 KB (6,054 words) - 02:25, 22 November 2023
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- Dividing the Spoils after Their Mutiny against British Rule| text=The First War of Indian Independence, known by the British usually ...873 bytes (134 words) - 23:01, 26 April 2023
- image_name=Flag of India.svg| image_desc=Indian National Flag| text=The National Flag of India, in its present form, was adopted ...583 bytes (88 words) - 22:19, 15 September 2023
- movement and first Prime Minister of the Republic of India. Popularly referred to as Panditji (Scholar), Nehru was also a writer, scholar, and amateur ...839 bytes (117 words) - 23:03, 3 May 2023
- leaders in the fight for freedom in India and its struggle for independence from the British Empire. It was his philosophy of Satyagraha or nonviolent ...891 bytes (123 words) - 21:56, 29 January 2024
- readers, was something of a unique voice in British India. While many of his contemporaries were readily adopting reforms based on their exposure to ...1 KB (171 words) - 18:42, 28 October 2023
- writer, philosopher, and social thinker from British India, commonly referred to as Manilal in literary circles. He was an influential figure in nineteenth ...895 bytes (124 words) - 21:42, 30 October 2023
- The first, second, and third Anglo-Maratha wars were fought between the army of the British East India Company, which after 1757 was de facto ...12 KB (1,887 words) - 05:59, 28 July 2023
- 31, 1738 – October 5, 1805) was a British military commander and colonial ... In India, where he served two terms as Governor-General, he is remembered ...9 KB (1,361 words) - 01:57, 4 December 2023
- trading posts in Africa, the Caribbean, and India. Christian IV first initiated ... the dominant power there. The Danish East India Company was established in ...10 KB (1,462 words) - 22:08, 25 January 2024
- Warren Hastings (December 6, 1732 - August 22, 1818) was the first and most well-known governor-general of British India, from 1773 to 1785. ...14 KB (2,155 words) - 22:56, 3 May 2023
- quot; is the Emperor of Japan (天皇 tennō). The British monarch ceased to be styled Emperor of India in 1948. * An emperor is generally addressed ...2 KB (210 words) - 21:06, 30 January 2024
- against against the imposition of a British tax on tea and to the preferential ... The protest ruined 18,000 pounds of tea and infuriated the British ...9 KB (1,449 words) - 19:52, 20 November 2023
- 26, 1841, – January 29, 1917, was a British statesman, diplomat and ... to the Staff College before being posted to India as Attaché to his cousin ...10 KB (1,464 words) - 04:54, 23 March 2024
- ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore in southern India. A soldier-adventurer, Haider ... He now attracted the attention of the British in Madras, who in 1766 entered ...12 KB (1,977 words) - 18:40, 31 July 2023
- A vivid introduction to the History of British India (New York: Academy Chicago ... A Vivid Introduction to the History of British India (New York: Academy Chicago ...13 KB (1,985 words) - 14:24, 8 February 2022
- while posted with the military and the East India Company in the Middle East ... Persia and Afghanistan as springboards to British India. ...10 KB (1,581 words) - 23:12, 8 February 2022
- of the two largest Presidencies of British India, assumed special importance ... British India officially adopted the standard time zones in 1905, ...13 KB (1,858 words) - 18:36, 4 March 2024
- meaning the Red Fort, located in Delhi, India, has been awarded the UNESCO ... The Red Fort has become a symbol for Indian independence from British ...10 KB (1,606 words) - 02:24, 8 December 2022
- The Governor-General of India (fully Governor-General and Viceroy of India) refers to the head of the British administration in India, and later ...22 KB (3,062 words) - 08:16, 24 May 2024
- Indian political leaders during the British Raj. He founded the Indian ... Banerjee was knighted by the British in 1921. His moderate stance ...10 KB (1,458 words) - 23:52, 26 February 2023
