Kaisar-i-Hind

Emperor of India
Imperial
The badge of the Order of the Star of India, used as an emblem of British India
King-Emperor George VI
Details
Style	Her Imperial Majesty 1876–1901 His Imperial Majesty 1901–1948
First monarch	Queen Victoria
Last monarch	King George VI
Formation	1 May 1876
Abolition	22 June 1948
Residence	United Kingdom Buckingham Palace India Viceroy's House
Appointer	Hereditary

The title Emperor/Empress of India was used by the British monarchs during the British Raj in the Indian subcontinent from 1876 (see Royal Titles Act 1876) until 1948, after India had attained independence from the United Kingdom, when for a transitional period the British monarch was also king of the independent dominions of India and Pakistan.

The term "Emperor of India" is also used to refer to pre-British Indian emperors (see List of Indian monarchs). A Persian language title, which translates to Emperor of India in English, was also used in 1857 by the last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah II until he was captured by the British.

Though the Mughal dynasty ruled over most of the Indian subcontinent from the 16th century onwards, they simply used the title Badishah (Badishah or badshah means "Great King" or King of Kings, somewhat close to the title of emperor) without geographic designation.

During the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the rebel sepoys seized Delhi and proclaimed the Mughal Bahadur Shah II as Badishah-e-Hind, or Emperor of India. He had little or no control over the rebellion. The British crushed the rebellion, captured Bahadur Shah and exiled him to Rangoon, Burma in 1858, whereupon the Mughal dynasty came to an end, and the title passed with him.