HISTORY
THE WORLD BETWEEN THE WARS
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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 was the period of British rule on the Indian subcontinent between 1757 and 1947, for around 200 years of British occupation. The system of governance was instituted in 1858 when the rule of the East India Company was transferred to the Crown in the person of Queen Victoria.
Detailed explanation-3: -During the Second World War (1939–1945), India was a part of the British Empire.
Detailed explanation-4: -The British Raj (/rɑːdʒ/ RAHJ; 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-5: -The British had ruled and exploited India for almost 200 years. Mountbatten was called in to transfer the power to the Indian leaders. The native freedom-fighter leaders were only leading civil movements. They had no administrative and military control in 1947.