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style="float:left;border:1px solid solid #006400;margin:1px;width:238px"><table role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:238px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;background:#f0e68c;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><td style="border:0;width:45px;height:45px;background:white;text-align:center;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;color:black;padding:0 1px 0 0;line-height:1.25em;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Editor_-_iron_star.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Editor_-_iron_star.jpg/40px-Editor_-_iron_star.jpg" decoding="async" width="40" height="55" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Editor_-_iron_star.jpg/60px-Editor_-_iron_star.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Editor_-_iron_star.jpg/80px-Editor_-_iron_star.jpg 2x" data-file-width="142" data-file-height="196" /></a></span></td><td style="border:0;text-align:center;font-size:8pt;padding:0 4px 0 4px;height:45px;line-height:1.25em;color:black;vertical-align:middle">This user would like to get rid of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Service_awards#Veteran_Editor_(or_Tutnum)" title="Wikipedia:Service awards">this rusty old badge</a> and bring home<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Service_awards#Veteran_Editor_II_(or_Grand_Tutnum)" title="Wikipedia:Service awards">a new, shiny one</a></b>.</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="wikipediauserbox" style="float:left;border:1px solid #999;margin:1px;width:238px"><table role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:238px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;background:#EEE;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><td style="border:0;width:45px;height:45px;background:#DDD;text-align:center;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;color:black;padding:0 1px 0 0;line-height:1.25em;vertical-align:middle"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikipedia_extended_confirmed_new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Wikipedia_extended_confirmed_new.svg/40px-Wikipedia_extended_confirmed_new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Wikipedia_extended_confirmed_new.svg/60px-Wikipedia_extended_confirmed_new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Wikipedia_extended_confirmed_new.svg/80px-Wikipedia_extended_confirmed_new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></td><td style="border:0;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;padding:0 4px 0 4px;height:45px;line-height:1.25em;color:black;vertical-align:middle">This user has <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels#Extended_confirmed_users" title="Wikipedia:User access levels">extended confirmed</a></b> rights on the <a href="/wiki/English_Wikipedia" title="English Wikipedia">English Wikipedia</a>.<span style="font-size:0.9em;" class="plainlinks"> (<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:ListUsers&username=PadFoot2008&group=extendedconfirmed&limit=1"><span style="color:#5871C6;">verify</span></a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="wikipediauserbox" style="float:left;border:1px solid #99B3FF;margin:1px;width:238px"><table role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:238px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;background:#E0E8FF;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><td style="border:0;width:45px;height:45px;background:#99B3FF;text-align:center;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;color:black;padding:0 1px 0 0;line-height:1.25em;vertical-align:middle;white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">en</a>-3</td><td style="border:0;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;padding:0 4px 0 4px;height:45px;line-height:1.25;color:black;vertical-align:middle">This user can contribute with an <b><a href="/wiki/Category:User_en-3" title="Category:User en-3">advanced</a></b> level of <b><a href="/wiki/Category:User_en" title="Category:User en">English</a></b>.</td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Userboxes" title="Wikipedia:Userboxes"><hr /></a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td> <div class="wikipediauserbox" style="float:left;border:1px solid #999;margin:1px;width:238px"><table role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:238px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;background:#EEE;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><td style="border:0;width:45px;height:45px;background:#DDD;text-align:center;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;color:black;padding:0 1px 0 0;line-height:1.25em;vertical-align:middle"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikipedia-logo-v2-wordmark.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Wikipedia-logo-v2-wordmark.svg/40px-Wikipedia-logo-v2-wordmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Wikipedia-logo-v2-wordmark.svg/60px-Wikipedia-logo-v2-wordmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Wikipedia-logo-v2-wordmark.svg/80px-Wikipedia-logo-v2-wordmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="125" data-file-height="125" /></a></span></td><td style="border:0;text-align:center;font-size:8pt;padding:0 4px 0 4px;height:45px;line-height:1.25em;color:black;vertical-align:middle">This user has created <b><a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/PadFoot2008" title="Special:Contributions/PadFoot2008">many new articles</a></b> on the <a href="/wiki/English_Wikipedia" title="English Wikipedia">English Wikipedia</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="wikipediauserbox" style="float:left;border:1px solid #999;margin:1px;width:238px"><table role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:238px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;background:#EEE;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><td style="border:0;width:45px;height:45px;background:#DDD;text-align:center;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;color:black;padding:0 1px 0 0;line-height:1.25em;vertical-align:middle"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikipedia-logo-v2-wordmark.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Wikipedia-logo-v2-wordmark.svg/40px-Wikipedia-logo-v2-wordmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Wikipedia-logo-v2-wordmark.svg/60px-Wikipedia-logo-v2-wordmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Wikipedia-logo-v2-wordmark.svg/80px-Wikipedia-logo-v2-wordmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="125" data-file-height="125" /></a></span></td><td style="border:0;text-align:center;font-size:8pt;padding:0 4px 0 4px;height:45px;line-height:1.25em;color:black;vertical-align:middle">This user has made <b><a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/PadFoot2008" title="Special:Contributions/PadFoot2008">over 9000 contributions</a></b> to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Userboxes" title="Wikipedia:Userboxes"><hr /></a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td> <div class="wikipediauserbox" style="float:left;border:1px solid #0645AD;margin:1px;width:238px"><table role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:238px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;background:#346733;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><td style="border:0;width:42px;height:45px;background:#346733;text-align:right;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;color:white;padding:0 1px 0 0;line-height:1.25em;vertical-align:middle"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Europe_(orthographic_projection).svg" 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class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="What_Wikipedia_is_not">What Wikipedia is not</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:PadFoot2008&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: What Wikipedia is not"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wikipedia is not a user forum, an opinion poll, a list of people, companies, cars, etc., a FAQ or a search engine. <b>Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia.</b> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Definitions">Definitions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:PadFoot2008&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Definitions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Indian_Empire,_British_India_and_the_Raj"><span id="Indian_Empire.2C_British_India_and_the_Raj"></span>Indian Empire, British India and the Raj</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:PadFoot2008&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Indian Empire, British India and the Raj"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In short: </p> <ul><li><b>Indian Empire:</b> (1876–1947) Official name for the collection of territories ruled by the <a href="/wiki/British_monarch" class="mw-redirect" title="British monarch">British monarch</a> in his right as the embodiment of the <a href="/wiki/Crown_of_India" class="mw-disambig" title="Crown of India">Crown of India</a>, styled as the <a href="/wiki/Emperor_of_India" title="Emperor of India">Emperor of India</a> (and represented by the <a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_India" title="Governor-General of India">Governor-General of India</a>) with the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a>, consisting of <a href="/wiki/British_India" class="mw-redirect" title="British India">British India</a> under direct Crown rule and the many <a href="/wiki/Princely_state" title="Princely state">princely states</a> of varying sizes under the suzerainty (indirect rule) of the Crown. Also called the <b>Empire of India</b>. <br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Existing from 1858 to 1947. <i>De facto</i> began on 1 November 1858. <i>De jure</i> on 1 May 1876. Proclamation of the Indian Empire happened on 1 January 1877.)</span> <ul><li><b>British Indian Empire:</b> (1757–1947) An informal empire of [the presidencies of] British India along with its dependencies (protectorates, subsidiary alliances, paramountcy). Sometimes also used to refer to the Indian Empire, however it also includes territories not claimed by Britain as a part of the Indian Empire, such as the <a href="/wiki/Persian_Gulf_Residency" title="Persian Gulf Residency">Persian gulf states</a>.<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Existing from 1757—<a href="/wiki/Bengal_Subah" title="Bengal Subah">Bengal Subah</a> becoming a puppet state after the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Plassey" title="Battle of Plassey">Battle of Plassey</a>—to 1947)</span></li> <li><b>India:</b> Common name of the Indian Empire and the official short name used in British and Indian legislation.</li></ul></li> <li><b>British India:</b> <span style="font-size:85%;"><i>(See <a href="/wiki/Interpretation_Act_1889" title="Interpretation Act 1889">Interpretation Act 1889</a>)</i></span> <ul><li>1612–1813: Territories directly ruled by the <a href="/wiki/East_India_Company" title="East India Company">East India Company</a>, which also functioned as the de facto sovereign of British India.</li> <li>1813–1858: Territories directly ruled by the East India Company, but under the sovereignty of the <a href="/wiki/British_Crown" class="mw-redirect" title="British Crown">British Crown</a>.</li> <li>1858–1947: Territories directly ruled by <a href="/wiki/The_Crown" title="The Crown">the Crown</a> through the <a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_India" title="Governor-General of India">Governor-General of India</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>British Raj</b> or simply <b>the Raj:</b> Literally meaning, "British rule" from <i>Hindi/Hindustani</i>, an informal term refering to the 'Crown <b>rule</b> in India'<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>, '<b>period</b> of Crown rule in India'<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and sometimes the 'British autocracy in India'<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Civil_Service" title="Indian Civil Service">Civil Services</a>. Any other definitions which might be claimed are unsourced - No reliable source <i>explicitly defines</i> the Raj to be that, which is required by Wikipedia.</li></ul> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1256386598">.mw-parser-output .cot-header-mainspace{background:#F0F2F5;color:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cot-header-other{background:#CCFFCC;color:inherit}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cot-header-mainspace{background:#14181F;color:inherit}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cot-header-other{background:#003500;color:inherit}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cot-header-mainspace{background:#14181F;color:inherit}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cot-header-other{background:#003500;color:inherit}}</style> <div style="margin-left:0"> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-archivedtalk mw-collapsed" style="color:inherit; background: transparent; text-align: left; border: 1px solid Silver; margin: 0.2em auto auto; width:100%; clear: both; padding: 1px;"> <tbody><tr> <th class="cot-header-other" style="; font-size:87%; padding:0.2em 0.3em; text-align:center;"><div style="font-size:115%;margin:0 4em"><b>References</b></div> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; border: solid 1px Silver; padding: 0.6em; background: var(--background-color-base, #fff);"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFDean" class="citation book cs1">Dean, Reaz. <i>Mapping the Great Game: Explorers, Spies and Maps in 19th-Century Asia</i>. <q>It led Parliament to hurriedly pass the India Act in August 1858, transferring all powers to rule on the subcontinent from the East India Company to the Crown, firmly putting imperial interests ahead of the Company's profits. This event marked the start of the British Raj, otherwise known as Crown rule in India, and the governor-general was given the additional title of viceroy of India.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Mapping+the+Great+Game%3A+Explorers%2C+Spies+and+Maps+in+19th-Century+Asia&rft.aulast=Dean&rft.aufirst=Reaz&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUser%3APadFoot2008" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHirstZavros" class="citation book cs1">Hirst, Jacqueline Suthren; Zavros, John. <i>Religious Traditions in Modern South Asia</i>. <q>By 1857, it had direct control over much of the region. The great rebellion of that year, however, demonstrated the limitations of this commercial company's ability to administer these vast territories, and in 1858 the Company was effectively nationalized, with the British Crown assuming administrative control. Hence began the period known as the British Raj, which ended in 1947 with the partition of the subcontinent into the independent nation-states of India and Pakistan.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Religious+Traditions+in+Modern+South+Asia&rft.aulast=Hirst&rft.aufirst=Jacqueline+Suthren&rft.au=Zavros%2C+John&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUser%3APadFoot2008" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMorton-Jack" class="citation book cs1">Morton-Jack, George. <i>The Indian Empire At War</i>. <q>The Indian Empire was the region of South Asia now covered mainly by Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Burma, excluding Goa and other coastal enclaves that belonged to French or Portuguese India. Its isolated outposts stretched as far west as the Arabian Peninsula's port of Aden opposite Somalia, and eastwards to the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal. The British shorthand for it all was 'India', and the Indian Army was its principal security force, based in its biggest sector - British India, the two thirds under the direct rule of the British autocracy nicknamed the Raj.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Indian+Empire+At+War&rft.aulast=Morton-Jack&rft.aufirst=George&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUser%3APadFoot2008" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_important_terms">Other important terms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:PadFoot2008&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Other important terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Administratively, the Indian Empire was divided into provinces, agencies and residencies. Provinces consisted of both British and princely territory, while agencies and residencies consisted only of states. </p> <ul><li><b>Provinces of India:</b> A province was an administrative division of the Indian Empire, administered by a Governor and his Council (or before 1921, also a Lieutenant Governor). Many provinces also had some princely states within them, whose relations with the provincial government were managed by various British Residents, Political Agents, and minor Agents. <ul><li><b>Chief Commissioner's Province:</b> A minor province directly administered by the Government of India through a sole Chief Commissioner.</li></ul></li> <li><b>Agencies and residencies:</b> An agency was a group of Indian states within the Indian Empire, to which an Agent to the Governor-General of India was stationed to manage the relations between the Supreme Government of India and the constituent states. Agencies were also divided into smaller sub-agencies and sub-residencies.<br /><br />A residency consisted of usually a single very large and important state in the Empire, along with sometimes a few smaller neighbouring states, to which a Resident was appointed. Residencies could either be directly placed under the Supreme Government or within an Agency. Residents were however appointed outside of the Indian Empire too, such as Afghanistan and the Persian Gulf, which were included in the informal "British Indian Empire", but not within the officially claimed "Indian Empire".<hr /></li></ul> <p>The Indian Empire was divided into two types of territory — <b>British India</b>, the territory directly ruled by the Crown and the <b>Indian states and territory</b>, indirectly ruled by the Crown through Indian princes under the Crown's suzerainty. </p> <ul><li><b>British India:</b> <span style="font-size:85%;">(See above.)</span> British India was the territory of the Indian Empire which was directly ruled by the Crown.</li> <li><b>States of the Indian Empire:</b> Officially called an <b>Indian state</b>, also called a native state or princely state, a state was a self governing entity of the Indian Empire, ruled over by a hereditary Indian prince under the suzerainty of <a href="/wiki/The_Crown" title="The Crown">the Crown</a>. 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