Government of British India

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The Government of British India was the colonial administrative authority that ruled the Indian subcontinent under British Crown control until independence in 1947.

All labels observed (30)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative authority ⓘ
colonial government ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction British Raj ⓘ
linked to: British India

British provinces in India ⓘ
Burma (until 1937) ⓘ
Indian subcontinent ⓘ
linked to: South Asia

princely states (indirectly) ⓘ
capital Calcutta ⓘ
New Delhi ⓘ
linked to: New Delhi, India
capitalFrom Calcutta 1858–1911 ⓘ
New Delhi 1911–1947 ⓘ
controls British Indian Army ⓘ
Indian Civil Service ⓘ
Indian Police Service (colonial) ⓘ
country British India ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
currency Indian rupee ⓘ
endTime 1947 ⓘ
executiveBody Viceroy's Executive Council ⓘ
follows East India Company rule in India ⓘ
governmentType colonial administration under Crown ⓘ
unitary centralized state ⓘ
hasPart bureaucratic departments in India Office ⓘ
provincial governments of British India ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle Viceroy and Governor-General of India ⓘ
linked to: Viceroy of India
headOfState Monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
headOfStateTitle Emperor of India ⓘ
legalBasis Government of India Act 1858 ⓘ
Government of India Act 1919 ⓘ
Government of India Act 1935 ⓘ
legislativeBody Central Legislative Assembly ⓘ
Council of State ⓘ
Imperial Legislative Council ⓘ
notablePolicy divide and rule strategy ⓘ
land revenue settlements ⓘ
railway expansion in India ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
oversightBy Secretary of State for India ⓘ
parentOrganization British Empire ⓘ
partOf British Raj ⓘ
linked to: British India
replacedBy Dominion of India ⓘ
Dominion of Pakistan ⓘ
significantEvent Government of India Act 1858 ⓘ
Government of India Act 1919 ⓘ
Government of India Act 1935 ⓘ
Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ
partition of British India ⓘ
linked to: Partition of India

transfer of power 1947 ⓘ
startTime 1858 ⓘ
subordinateTo British Cabinet ⓘ
British Parliament ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (164)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Edwin Lutyens → employer → Government of British India ⓘ
Herbert Baker → employer → British colonial government in India ⓘ
linked to: Government of British India
Great Seal of the Realm (Indian version) → usedBy → British Government in India ⓘ
linked to: Government of British India
Great Seal of the Realm (Indian version) → associatedWithInstitution → Government of India (British Raj) ⓘ
linked to: Government of British India
Legislative Assembly of the United Provinces → parentOrganization → British Indian provincial government ⓘ
linked to: Government of British India
Kalat Agency → administeredBy → British Indian government ⓘ
linked to: Government of British India
Commander-in-Chief, Madras Army → usedBy → British Indian government ⓘ
linked to: Government of British India
India Office Records → documents → British government in India ⓘ
linked to: Government of British India
Gateway of India → commissionedBy → Government of British India ⓘ
Direct Action Day → governingAuthorityAtTime → British colonial government of India ⓘ
linked to: Government of British India
Council of India → partOf → British Raj administration ⓘ
linked to: Government of British India
Great Trigonometrical Survey of India → continuedBy → British Raj government ⓘ
linked to: Government of British India
John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence → employer → British Government in India ⓘ
linked to: Government of British India
National Archives of India → establishedBy → British Government in India ⓘ
linked to: Government of British India
Baghat → underAdministrationOf → British Indian authorities ⓘ
linked to: Government of British India
Indian National Congress movement → opposedBy → British colonial government in India ⓘ
linked to: Government of British India
British salt monopoly → implementedBy → British colonial government in India ⓘ
linked to: Government of British India
Kala Pani → constructedBy → British colonial government ⓘ
linked to: Government of British India
Kala Pani → usedBy → British Raj authorities ⓘ
linked to: Government of British India
Bengal European Regiment → associatedWith → British colonial administration in India ⓘ
linked to: Government of British India
Council of the Governor-General → partOf → Government of British India ⓘ
Indian Medical Service → partOf → Government of India (British Raj) ⓘ
linked to: Government of British India
Indian Medical Service → employer → Government of India (British Raj) ⓘ
linked to: Government of British India
Indianization of the officer corps (interwar period) → implementedBy → Government of India (British Raj) ⓘ
linked to: Government of British India
Penang and Province Wellesley Volunteer Corps → operatedBy → British colonial government ⓘ
linked to: Government of British India
Indian Expeditionary Force D → operatedUnder → British Government of India ⓘ
linked to: Government of British India
Hindu–German Conspiracy → hasOpponent → British Indian government ⓘ
linked to: Government of British India
Simla Conference of 1945 → organizer → British Government in India ⓘ
linked to: Government of British India
Indian Railways → foundedBy → British colonial government in India ⓘ
linked to: Government of British India
Secretariat Building → builtFor → British Indian government ⓘ
linked to: Government of British India
Annulment of Partition of Bengal 1911 → participant → British Government of India ⓘ
linked to: Government of British India
Central India Agency → governingBody → British Government in India ⓘ
linked to: Government of British India
Sukhdev Thapar → executionOrderedBy → British colonial government ⓘ
linked to: Government of British India
Kakori train robbery → targetOwner → Government of British India ⓘ
Kakori train robbery → opponent → British colonial government ⓘ
linked to: Government of British India
Political Department of the Government of India → partOf → Government of India (British Raj) ⓘ
linked to: Government of British India
Western India States Agency → establishedBy → Government of British India ⓘ
Lieutenant-Governor of Java → subordinateTo → British government in India ⓘ
linked to: Government of British India
Indian Imperial Police → parentOrganization → Government of India (British Raj) ⓘ
linked to: Government of British India
Al-Hilal (Urdu weekly) → bannedBy → British colonial government ⓘ
linked to: Government of British India
Province Wellesley → administeredBy → British colonial government ⓘ
linked to: Government of British India
Shela Bagh Tunnel → builtBy → British India administration ⓘ
linked to: Government of British India
Sir Richard Strachey → employer → Government of British India ⓘ
Governor’s Executive Council of Madras Presidency → politicalAlignment → British colonial government ⓘ
linked to: Government of British India
University of Allahabad → founder → British colonial government in India ⓘ
linked to: Government of British India
Benares Division → underAuthorityOf → Government of British India ⓘ
Ceylon Defence Force → formedBy → British colonial government ⓘ
linked to: Government of British India
Gorakhpur Division → underAuthorityOf → Government of British India ⓘ
Royal Malayan Police → employer → British colonial government ⓘ
linked to: Government of British India
Cachar Levy → underAuthorityOf → colonial government of British India ⓘ
linked to: Government of British India