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{{quote|"Detriments you call us? ''Detriments?'' Well I want to remind you that it was detriments like us that ''built'' this bloody Empire ''and'' the Izzat of the bloody Raj. ''Hats on''!" |
{{quote|"Detriments you call us? ''Detriments?'' Well I want to remind you that it was detriments like us that ''built'' this bloody Empire ''and'' the Izzat of the bloody Raj. ''Hats on''!"|Peachy Carnehan, ''The Man Who Would Be King,'' film by John Huston, story by Rudyard Kipling }} |
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Peachy Carnehan, ''The Man Who Would Be King,'' film by John Huston, story by Rudyard Kipling }} |
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The ''British Indian Empire'' (1858-1947), known colloquially as the '''British Raj''', was the name of Britain's colonial holdings in the subcontinent, including both directly ruled provinces and autonomous princely states that were under the suzerainity of the British Crown. |
The ''British Indian Empire'' (1858-1947), known colloquially as the '''British Raj''', was the name of Britain's colonial holdings in the subcontinent, including both directly ruled provinces and autonomous princely states that were under the suzerainity of the British Crown. |
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The Raj (hindustani/urdu for "reign") was established soon after the Sepoy Mutiny in 1857, when the [[Mega Corp|British East India Company]] that had been slowly gaining control of the subcontinent from the dying [[Vestigial Empire|Mughal Empire]], was seen as no longer up to the task of running things and the Crown seized the lands directly, forming the "Jewel in the Crown of the British Empire". |
[[The Raj]] (hindustani/urdu for "reign") was established soon after the Sepoy Mutiny in 1857, when the [[Mega Corp|British East India Company]] that had been slowly gaining control of the subcontinent from the dying [[Vestigial Empire|Mughal Empire]], was seen as no longer up to the task of running things and the Crown seized the lands directly, forming the "Jewel in the Crown of the British Empire". |
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Unfortunately for them, they had not counted on the great efforts of a bald lawyer named [[Mahatma Gandhi|Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi]]. In 1947, exhausted from [[World War II]] and under great pressure from the Indians, Great Britain gave India its independence. |
Unfortunately for them, they had not counted on the great efforts of a bald lawyer named [[Mahatma Gandhi|Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi]]. In 1947, exhausted from [[World War II]] and under great pressure from the Indians, Great Britain gave India its independence. |
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For the army of '''The Raj''' see [[Kiplings Finest]] . |
For the army of '''The Raj''' see [[Kiplings Finest]] . |
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* ''[[Film/Indiana Jones And The Temple|Indiana Jones And The Temple]] [[Of Doom]]'' |
* ''[[Film/Indiana Jones And The Temple|Indiana Jones And The Temple]] [[Of Doom]]'' |
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* ''[[The Man Who Would Be King]]'' |
* ''[[The Man Who Would Be King]]'' |
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