British Empire in India

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/British_Empire_in_India

GPTKB entity

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_period
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:British_Raj
gptkbp:area	4,500,000 km²
gptkbp:capital	gptkb:Calcutta gptkb:New_Delhi
gptkbp:currency	gptkb:Indian_rupee
gptkbp:dissolved	gptkb:Indian_independence_movement gptkb:Partition_of_India
gptkbp:endDate	1947
gptkbp:event	gptkb:Indian_Rebellion_of_1857 gptkb:Quit_India_Movement gptkb:Jallianwala_Bagh_massacre gptkb:Partition_of_India gptkb:Partition_of_Bengal_(1905)
gptkbp:flag	gptkb:Union_Jack gptkb:Star_of_India
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Dominion_of_Pakistan gptkb:Dominion_of_India
gptkbp:governingBody	gptkb:Secretary_of_State_for_India gptkb:Viceroy's_Executive_Council gptkb:British_Parliament
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	British Empire in India
gptkbp:monarch	gptkb:King_Edward_VII gptkb:King_Edward_VIII gptkb:King_George_V gptkb:King_George_VI gptkb:Queen_Victoria
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Government_of_India_Act_1935 gptkb:Indian_Independence_Act_1947 gptkb:Government_of_India_Act_1858
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Jawaharlal_Nehru gptkb:Mahatma_Gandhi gptkb:Rabindranath_Tagore gptkb:Lord_Curzon gptkb:Subhas_Chandra_Bose gptkb:Lord_Dalhousie gptkb:Lord_Ripon gptkb:Lord_Wavell
gptkbp:officialLanguage	gptkb:Hindi English
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:British_Empire
gptkbp:population	over 300 million (1941)
gptkbp:precededBy	Company rule in India
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Buddhism gptkb:Christianity gptkb:Hinduism gptkb:Islam gptkb:Sikhism
gptkbp:startDate	1858
gptkbp:territoryIncludes	gptkb:Bangladesh gptkb:India gptkb:Pakistan gptkb:Aden_(until_1937) gptkb:Burma_(until_1937) gptkb:Sri_Lanka_(Ceylon,_as_a_separate_colony)
gptkbp:vicePresident	gptkb:Lord_Mountbatten gptkb:Lord_Canning
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:British_peer
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5