British India

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noun

a part of India, comprising 17 provinces, that prior to 1947 was subject to British law: now divided among India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.

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How to use British India in a sentence

Andrew still plans to fly to Davos in Switzerland for the World Economic Forum on January 21, representing the British government.
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It is the steady accretion of detail that may yet be the most damaging factor in the battle for British hearts and minds.
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But a 2011 study of genetic evidence from 30 ethnic groups in India disproved this theory.
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Are the Brogpas of Kashmir in India really the last bastion of purebred Aryans?
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But I had won the British Award, Best Foreign Actor, so I went.
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“Perhaps you do not speak my language,” she said in Urdu, the tongue most frequently heard in Upper India.
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Sweden excluded British goods, conformably to the continental system established by Bonaparte.
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Behold a dumpy, comfortable British paterfamilias in a light flannel suit and a faded sun hat.
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Many British Ferns evidence a marked tendency to “sport,” and this is a fact which the beginner should always bear in mind.
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The parliament house and library of the British provinces, at Montreal, burned by a mob.
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British Dictionary definitions for British India

British India

noun

the 17 provinces of India formerly governed by the British under the British sovereign: ceased to exist in 1947 when the independent states of India and Pakistan were created

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