British Raj

The demise of the British Raj was a shock from which the Anglo-Indian community took decades to recover.

The Seattle Times 2010

Born in 1853 in India where his colonial service father represented the British Raj, he believed in the inborn rights of patriotic, educated white Britons to rule presumed lesser parts of the world.

Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011

Partition of the British Raj into India and Pakistan led to the separation of the new Pakistani state from the heart of the Muslim empire in South Asia, which now formed part of "Hindu" India.

Aparna Pande: Is Pakistan Part of South Asia? Yes! Aparna Pande 2011

Abbottabad—named after Gen. Sir James Abbott, who was a senior military official in the British Raj—is close enough to Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, to be a popular tourist getaway.

His 'Waziristan Mansion' Was No Cave Zahid Hussain 2011

Partition of the British Raj into India and Pakistan led to the separation of the new Pakistani state from the heart of the Muslim empire in South Asia, which now formed part of "Hindu" India.

Aparna Pande: Is Pakistan Part of South Asia? Yes! Aparna Pande 2011

Drawn up by the British Raj in 1893, there is little agreement on where the so-called Durand Line actually falls, meaning troops from either side of the border can wander into the neighbouring country without realising it.

Nato air attack on Pakistani troops was self-defence, says senior western official 2011

Born in 1853 in India where his colonial service father represented the British Raj, he believed in the inborn rights of patriotic, educated white Britons to rule presumed lesser parts of the world.

Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011

At the height of the British Raj, 6,000 British residents exerted absolute political control over 100 million Indians.

Richard (RJ) Eskow: 99 to 1: Five Pictures From the Wall Street Culture War RJ 2011

Born in 1853 in India where his colonial service father represented the British Raj, he believed in the inborn rights of patriotic, educated white Britons to rule presumed lesser parts of the world.

Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011

At the height of the British Raj, 6,000 British residents exerted absolute political control over 100 million Indians.

Richard (RJ) Eskow: 99 to 1: Five Pictures From the Wall Street Culture War RJ 2011