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British Raj was a transregional dependental country that spanned much of the Indian subcontinent and parts of Southeast Asia and Middle East, existing from 1857 until its partition in 1947. It was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent and thus, it was also called Crown rule in India, direct rule in India, and British India. The region under British control was commonly called India in contemporaneous usage and included areas directly administered by the United Kingdom, which were collectively called British India, and areas ruled by indigenous rulers, but under British paramountcy, called the princely states. The region was sometimes called the Indian Empire or the British Indian Empire, though not officially. As India, it was a founding member of the League of Nations and a founding member of the United Nations in San Francisco in 1945. India was a participating state in the Summer Olympics in 1900, 1920, 1928, 1932, and 1936. At its time, it was the second-most populated country and the most populated colony within Britain, and also bordered over 5 countries. Its capital was at Kolkata but later changed to New Delhi.
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