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British India

British India proper noun: synonym of British Raj.

Proper noun

British India

  1. Synonym of British Raj.
    • 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.1953 April, “A Century of Railway Development in India”, in Railway Magazine, page 219
    Synonyms:
    British Raj
  2. The rule of India by the British East India Company from 1757 to 1858.

Synonyms of British India

Questions about British India

What does British India mean?
British India means synonym of British Raj.
What part of speech is British India?
British India is a proper noun.

Words near British India in the dictionary

  1. British English
  2. British Guiana
  3. British gum
  4. British Honduran
  5. British Honduras
  6. British India
  7. British Indian Ocean Territory
  8. British Invasion
  9. British Islands
  10. British Isles
  11. British Isles and Ireland

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