<P> The British Raj ( / rɑːdʒ / ; from rāj , literally , `` rule '' in Hindustani ) was the rule by the British Crown in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947 . The rule is also called Crown rule in India , or direct rule in India . The region under British control was commonly called British India or simply India in contemporaneous usage , and included areas directly administered by the United Kingdom , which were collectively called British India , and those ruled by indigenous rulers , but under British tutelage or paramountcy , and called the princely states . The de facto political amalgamation was also called the Indian Empire and after 1876 issued passports under that name . As India , it was a founding member of the League of Nations , a participating nation in the Summer Olympics in 1900 , 1920 , 1928 , 1932 , and 1936 , and a founding member of the United Nations in San Francisco in 1945 . </P>
<P> The British Raj ( / rɑːdʒ / ; from rāj , literally , `` rule '' in Hindustani ) was the rule by the British Crown in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947 . The rule is also called Crown rule in India , or direct rule in India . The region under British control was commonly called British India or simply India in contemporaneous usage , and included areas directly administered by the United Kingdom , which were collectively called British India , and those ruled by indigenous rulers , but under British tutelage or paramountcy , and called the princely states . The de facto political amalgamation was also called the Indian Empire and after 1876 issued passports under that name . As India , it was a founding member of the League of Nations , a participating nation in the Summer Olympics in 1900 , 1920 , 1928 , 1932 , and 1936 , and a founding member of the United Nations in San Francisco in 1945 . </P>
when did the british raj begin and end
when did the british raj begin and end
between 1858 and 1947
between 1858 and 1947