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The British Raj

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The "British Raj" or the British Rule of India is period of British colonization of the Indian subcontinent. The British Raj started soon after the 1857 riots for independence (see: Sepoy Mutiny) when the power controlled by the East India Company was transferred to the British Government, and ended with home-rule for India (and Partition of India) in 1947.

This is a collection of period portraits, oral histories, and period social life of British Raj.



Cover of Maharaja's Album
A plaque marking the Royal visit to Mysore
Album of Mysore Maharaja
Days of British Raj
Indian Servants Attending to a British Officer
English officers and their families lived lavish lifestyles thanks to abundant resources and cheap labor

Prince Edward Albert Shoots a Tiger
Photograph of 1870
The Tiger Shikari
The British Rule of India
Statue of a Lord Kitchener
Statue in the court yard of Dubella Museum, Madhya Pradesh

Warren Hastings
The First Governor General of India - from a 19th century lithograph
Governor General Warren Hastings

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