British rule
Empire's colonial control
British rule refers to governance by the United Kingdom over a territory, most often the period when Britain controlled India (1858–1947), known as the British Raj.
The phrase appears in historical and political contexts discussing colonialism and independence movements: India gained independence from British rule in 1947.
It can apply to any territory under British colonial administration.
- colonial historyRecord of empire-building
- governor-generalMonarch's appointed representative
- Quit India Movement1942 independence campaign
- English languageGermanic tongue with Latin borrowings
- imperialismExtending dominion over others
white man's burden · Irish War of Independence · East India Company · tea trade · viceroy · governance · Raj · Commonwealth · Salt March · common law · Anglo-Boer War · Anglican Church · Victorian era · redcoats · colonial administration · British Empire · parliamentary system · Treaty of Paris
- Colonial AmericaGeorge Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, Benjamin Franklin, Declaration of Independence
- African historyNubia, Dahomey, Oyo Empire, Scramble for Africa, scramble for Africa
- colonialismcolony, colonization, colonial powers, colonizer, colonies
- FalklandsStanley, Malvinas, archipelago, Darwin, Fitzroy
- GandhiMahatma Gandhi, satyagraha, ahimsa, nonviolence, khadi
- Hong Konghandover, Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, SAR
British ruleindependence
Freedom from external control
self-rule · self-governance · sovereignty · freedom · autonomy
British ruletribal governance
Self-rule by native peoples
democracy · self-government · popular sovereignty · republic · anarchy