Indian Empire

noun

1. British India and the Indian states ruled by Indian princes but under indirect British control: dissolved in 1947 and absorbed into India and Pakistan.

Indian Empire

noun

1. British India and the Indian states under indirect British control, which gained independence as India and Pakistan in 1947

Word History and Origins

Origin of Indian Empire¹

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

England would have been severed from her Indian Empire, and menaced in the outposts of her naval power.

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Kipling somewhere describes a subtle and complex odour, which, he says, is the smell of the great Indian Empire.

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That there has been no revival of the chronic conspiracy within our Indian Empire, is, however, easily explained.

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But degenerated by European commerce, the artistic sense of beauty itself is disappearing throughout our Indian Empire.

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The whole Indian Empire was tumbling down, and none was loyal!

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