The British Raj directly ruled only two-thirds of the subcontinent the rest was ruled by 600-odd princes.

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Schools of Islam that emerged in India as a reaction to the British raj are now vying for influence in the north of England.

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Balochistan was semi-independent under the British Raj, and some Baloch believe it was forcibly annexed in 1948, sparking the first of five revolts led by tribal chieftains.

ECONOMIST: Balochistan

The uprising was ruthlessly put down, but the shock it provoked in London brought about the dissolution of the East India Company and the establishment of the British Raj.

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Jailed by the British raj, Savarkar is remembered both as a freedom fighter and as the founding father of Hindu nationalism, one of whose disciples in 1948 assassinated Mahatma Gandhi.

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Combined with the Jungle Book suite of animals and the bamboo lodges, with their sprawling gardens and troops of monkeys, they make you feel as if you are stepping back into the British Raj.

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"It's a holistic approach to jewelry as a work of art, " explained Dr. Amin Jaffer, international director of Asian Art at Christie's and author of "Made for Maharajas, " a book on the objects commissioned by Indian princes during the British Raj.

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It would have been more relevant, historically and geographically, to refer to the annexation of the Afghan kingdom to the North-West Frontier Province by the British raj, which happened soon after the casual carve-up of the Ottoman Empire had enraged the Muslim world.

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What about the British museum returning all the treasures looted from India during the Raj?

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British officials say the motivation for going to Jallianwala Bagh was not to apologise for the Raj.

BBC: What David Cameron did not apologise for