evidence: The British Raj (/rɑːdʒ/ RAHJ; from Hindustani rāj, 'reign', 'rule' or 'government')[10] was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent,[11] lasting from 1858 to 1947.[12] It is also called Crown rule in India,[13] or Direct rule in India.[14] The region under British control was commonly called India in contemporaneous usage and included areas directly administered by the United Kingdom, which were collectively called British India, and areas ruled by indigenous rulers, but under British paramountcy, called the princely states. The region was sometimes called the Indian Empire, though not officially.[15] [...] Company rule in India lasted effectively from the Battle of Plassey in 1757 until 1858, when following the 1857 Indian Rebellion, the British Crown assumed direct colonial rule of India in the new British Raj. [...] - ^ a b c "Britain in India, Ideology and Economics to 1900". Fsmitha. F. Smith. Archived from the original on 7 October 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2014.