User:Kvwiki1234/British Raj

India
1858–1947
Flag Emblem
1909 map of India, showing British India in two shades of pink and the princely states in yellow.
Status	Imperial political structure (comprising British India, a quasi-federation of presidencies and provinces directly governed by the British Crown through the Viceroy and Governor-General of India, Princely States, governed by Indian rulers, under the suzerainty of The British Crown exercised through the Viceroy of India)
Capital	Calcutta (1858–1911) New Delhi (1911–1947) Simla (summer capital) (1864–1947)
Common languages	English (Official language) Regional Languages: Hindustani Bengali Punjabi Marathi Telugu Tamil Pashto Gujarati Sindhi Kannada Other Languages: Various South Asian languages
Religion	Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Sikhism, Buddhism, Jainism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism
Government	British Colonial Government
King-Emperor/Queen-Empress
• 1858–1901	Victoria
• 1901–1910	Edward VII
• 1910–1936	George V
• 1936	Edward VIII
• 1936–1947	George VI
Viceroy
• 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 and 10 May 1857
• Government of India Act	2 August 1858
• Indian Independence Act	18 July 1947
• Partition of India	14 and 15 August 1947
Currency	Indian rupee
Preceded by Succeeded by 1763: Persian Gulf Residency 1809: Cis-Sutlej states 1839: Aden Settlement 1857: Mughal Empire 1858: Company rule in India 1893: Emirate of Afghanistan 1937: Colony of Aden Colony of Burma 1947: Dominion of India Dominion of Pakistan Trucial States Bahrain Muscat and Oman Sheikhdom of Kuwait Qatar