British India or the British Raj is the historical period in which India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar were colonized by the British Empire from the beginning of the 19th century until the middle of the 20th century. [1] [2] [3] In Hindi, the word "Raj" means "rule" - the period of British rule in the region. Colonial areas were one state. British rule in India ended on 15 August 1947. British colonization began on the Indian peninsula in 1858. Most of the land in the British Indian region was not ruled directly by the British Empire but was nominally nominally nominally ruled by Maharaja, Raja, Thakur and MPs who signed treaties with Britain on their sovereignty. Additional alliance. The colony of Aden was also part of British India since 1839, in addition to Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) since 1886. Both colonies gained independence from the British Empire in 1937. British Somaliland between 1884 and 1898 and Singapore between 1819 - 1867 as part of India. Although Sri Lanka is on the Indian peninsula, it ruled directly from London, unlike British India. Although Britain was at the forefront of the European countries that achieved their national unity in modern times - before the geographical statements - they did not participate in geographical geographical indications and the subsequent colonial operations, except in the late activity of Portugal and Spain, as well as the Dutch and even the French . Therefore, Britain's arrival in Asia came after the Portuguese and the Dutch took up their land. After the Portuguese commercial empire there fell apart and retreated before the Dutch presence in Asian waters, England met in Asian waters face to face with European power. Has played an important role in influencing British attitudes in Asia - especially in India - for almost a century. Once the Dutch presence weakened the Asian waters, Britain became more powerful and influential on Asian actors, becoming the only European power to have inherited much of Holland's commercial role. The defeat of the Spanish Armada, which attempted to invade Britain in 1588 because of the piracy committed by the British sailors to the Spanish ships that were loaded with bulls from their possessions in the New World - in front of the British forces in the Sea of Manch - gave England a sense of its naval power. The European countries are therefore engaged in maritime and trade disputes. In the sixteenth century, English ships began to enter the Mediterranean Sea to search for and trade in Eastern commodities. As the century drew to a close, the Mediterranean trade no longer satisfied the English market for Oriental goods. The East only with the Portuguese directly in the eastern markets. This is why the English ships began gradually to abandon the Mediterranean route and turn into the long maritime route used by the Portuguese to reach India. So India became united under the British
