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British Raj

1858 – 1947
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Crown rule over the Indian subcontinent following the 1857 rebellion, administered directly by the British Crown until partition.

Ended 15 August 1947 with partition into the Dominion of India and the Dominion of Pakistan (the latter including what became Bangladesh in 1971); Burma had already been separated administratively in 1937.

Borders in 1937 · drawn from 4 sourced border frames
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Borders over time

The atlas holds 4 border frames for British Raj — the shape you scrub through changes in 1858 · 1905 · 1934 · 1937.

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