British India

English

Proper noun

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.

Related terms

• British Indian