WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -British raj, period of direct British rule over the Indian subcontinent from 1858 until the independence of India and Pakistan in 1947.

Detailed explanation-2: -The British Raj (/rɑːdʒ/; from Hindi rāj: kingdom, realm, state, or empire) was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent; it is also called Crown rule in India, or Direct rule in India, and lasted from 1858 to 1947.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Maurya Empire (322–185 BCE) unified most of the Indian subcontinent into one state, and was the largest empire ever to exist on the Indian subcontinent. At its greatest extent, the Mauryan Empire stretched to the north up to the natural boundaries of the Himalayas and to the east into what is now Assam.

Detailed explanation-4: -From 1757, Britain increased its control of India through the East India Company . From 1858 onwards, the British government directly ruled India, and it became known as the British Raj.

Detailed explanation-5: -Britain’s empire was the most extensive that the world has ever seen, and it lasted for more than 300 years. Across that empire, from the 17th century through to the 20th, emigrant Britons, their imperial governors and colonial descendants invoked Magna Carta.

Detailed explanation-6: -It was in the year 1526, Babur an afghan ruler from Kabul annexed Delhi Sultanate ruled by Lodi Dynasty and established Mughal Empire which gradually spread its wings all across the country. Who ruled India before the British? Mughals Empire ruled India before the establishment of British rule in India.