British India

American  

noun

1. 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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British India British  

noun

1. 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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British India

Mr. Woolfson also lingers admiringly on Har Gobind Khorana, a village clerk’s son in British India who went on to synthesize the first fully artificial gene in 1972.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

West Bengal's history of migration dates back to the partition of British India in 1947.

From Barron's ● May 29, 2026

Radcliffe had been given six weeks to trace that gash through the map of British India.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

Born in Calcutta in British India in 1935, Sir Mark spent much of his life in the country.

From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2026

In July, 1839, "The British India Society" was formed, in the presence of a large audience, in Freemason's Hall, Lord Brougham in the chair.

From Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland by Henry B. Stanton