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{{disambiguation}} British India, may refer to:

regions under Company rule in India (ending 1858) and governed by the British East India Company's representative, the Governor-General of India.^[1] The regions consisted of: Bengal Presidency, the Madras Presidency, and the Bombay Presidency.
regions under the British Raj in India (1858 to 1947) that were directly administered by the British Government India Office and by the Viceroy and Governor-General of India in the name of the British Crown.^[2] The regions consisted of the Provinces of British India and contrasted with the Native States over which the Crown only had suzerainty.

"British India" has also been used in the sense of "the British in India."^[3]

References[edit]

^ 1. Edney, M.E. (1997) Mapping an Empire: The Geographical Construction of British India, 1765-1843 Archived 2011-05-21 at archive.today, University of Chicago Press. 480 pages. ISBN 9780226184883. 2. Hawes, C.J. (1996) Poor Relations: The Making of a Eurasian Community in British India, 1773-1833. Routledge, 217 pages. ISBN 0700704256.
^ 1. Kakar, S. (1996) "Leprosy in British India, 1860-1940: colonial politics and missionary medicine", Medical History. 40(2): 215–230. 2. Blunt, Alison. (2002) ‘Land of our Mothers’: Home, Identity, and Nationality for Anglo-Indians in British India, 1919–1947, History Workshop Journal 54(1):49-72
^ 1. Caplan, Lionel. (2000) "Iconographies of Anglo-Indian Women: Gender Constructs and Contrasts in a Changing Society," Modern Asian Studies, 34(4):863-892. Quote: "He concludes that, away from the 'restrictions and prejudices of British India', their achievements 'contradict[ed] ... the popular British stereotypes of ..." 2. Gentleman's Magazine (1830). Quote: "... the habits and character of British India." 3. he London catalogue of books published in Great Britain, 1816 to 1851 Quote: The Manners and Customs of British India