British colonialism in India From 1857, India was directly ruled by Britain, and known as the British Raj. The British Raj had a big impact on the lives of people in both India and Britain.

Aurangzeb Alamgir, the sixth Mughal Emperor (r. 1658–1707), is often remembered for his controversial policies, which have ...

A decade has passed since the struggle of the Indian subcontinent to free itself from British ... of the British Raj, allegedly following the old Roman maxim of "divide and rule." ...

See the clip below. The British Government ruled India as a colony from 1858 until 1947, establishing the "Raj" ("rule") over the region. Queen Victoria took over rule of India from the East ...

The initial acquisition of India under the British East India Company and the ongoing domination under the British Raj of a population ... and economy under British rule. 7-12 Explain the social ...

This was the first of several famines to hit India during British rule throughout the 1700s and 1800s. From 1757, the East India Company began to control the government, economy and education ...

Hindu-Muslim unity was inimical to the British policy of divide and rule, and it increased the worries and fears of the Raj during the critical years of World War I. The British had already ...

Before the era of photography, the theatre of war played out on maps and paintings. A heritage activist reports from the ...