British India
English
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]- Synonym of British Raj
- 1953 April, “A Century of Railway Development in India”, in Railway Magazine, page 219:
- 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.
- The rule of India by the British East India Company from 1757 to 1858.