Empire of India

India
Imperial political structure comprising (a) British India (a quasi-federation of presidencies and provinces directly governed by the  British Crown through the Viceroy and Governor-General of India); (b) Princely states, governed by Indian rulers, under the  suzerainty of the British Crown exercised through the Viceroy and Governor-General of India
1858–1947
Flag Star of India
Anthem God Save the King/Queen
The British Indian Empire in 1936
Capital		1858–1911  Calcutta 1911–1947  Delhi
Languages		English Urdu Hindi (official, Urdu from 1857. Hindi from 1900) Other local languages
Government		Colony
Monarch of the United Kingdom and Emperor/Empressa
•	1858–1901	Victoria
•	1901–1910	Edward VII
•	1910–1936	George V
•	1936	Edward VIII
•	1936–1947	George VI
Viceroy and Governor-Generalc
•	1858–1862	(first) Charles Canning
•	1947	(last)  Louis Mountbatten
Secretary of State
•	1858–1859	(first) Edward Stanley
•	1947	(last)  William Hare
Legislature		Imperial Legislative Council
History
•	Battle of Plassey & Indian Rebellion	23 June 1757 & 10 May 1857
•	Government of India Act	2 August 1858
•	Indian Independence Act	15 August 1947
•	Partition of India	15 August 1947
Currency		Indian rupee
Preceded by Succeeded by Company rule in India Emirate of Afghanistan Dominion of India Dominion of Pakistan British rule in Burma Trucial States Colony of Aden Straits Settlements
Today part of		Bangladesh  China (disputed)  India  Myanmar  Pakistan  Yemen
a.	Title existed 1876–1948
c.	Full title was "Viceroy and Governor-General of India"

Colonial India

Imperial entities of India
Dutch India	1605–1825
Danish India	1620–1869
French India	1668–1954
Portuguese India (1505–1961)
Casa da Índia	1434–1833
Portuguese East India Company	1628–1633
British India (1612–1947)
East India Company	1612–1757
Company rule in India	1757–1858
British Raj	1858–1947
British rule in Burma	1824–1948
Princely states	1721–1949
Partition of India	1947

Other local languages

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 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.