British India

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British India

  1. Synonym of British Raj
    • 1953 April, “A Century of Railway Development in India”, in Railway Magazine, page 219:
      On April 18, 1853, the first passenger train ran on Indian soil, from Bombay to Thana, and this 20-mile section of line thus became the forerunner of the great 43,000 route-mile system that eventually covered British India.
  2. The rule of India by the British East India Company from 1757 to 1858.
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