British India Provinces Map

World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most definitive collection ever assembled. The districts of british india were administrative units of the government of the british raj or indian empire. It is also called crown rule in india, or direct rule in india, and lasted from 1858 to 1947.

At the time of the partition, the british india had 17 provinces. In practice, while the states were indeed ruled by potentates with a variety of titles, such as maharaja, raja, nizam, raje, deshmukh, nawab, mirza, baig, chhatrapati, khan, thakur sahab. The districts of british india were administrative units of the government of the british raj or indian empire.

India map the map shows india, a country in southern asia that occupies the greater part of the indian subcontinent.

After the raj 1947 when india gained its independence from britain in 1947. All efforts have been made. In principle, the princely states had internal autonomy, while by treaty the british crown had suzerainty and was responsible for the states' external affairs. India was partition ed by the british left in 1947, where pakistan and india were created to be two separate counties.