The British rule over India was the absolute rule from 18 58 to 1947. The British rule is described as direct rule in India, or British rule in India. There were numerous reasons which led to the formation of the Indian independence movement. Some of the major ones were the following: British rule was anti-Sikh, caste based, and there was hardly any place for the Sikh in the British administration, so they joined the freedom movement. A few notable leaders who came together in the Sikh matter were Jaswant Singh, Ranjit Singh, Jarnail Singh, Satya Paul, and Gurindar Singh.
During the freedom movement, various Punjab people rose in arms and fought against the British. These insurrections were nothing new in themselves; they were a reaction to the excessive rule of the British over the Punjab. But they had the backing of the other parts of the country, which were also suffering from the British rule. Thus they were able to raise the country’s flag at half mast. Soon after this, the Indian armed forces joined the fight against the British.
After the independence, the British started losing all their footing in India and the empire was crumbling. They could no longer protect the Punjab from the Mughals, who were now marching into Punjab with the help of the army of the Pakistan Army. The British started handing over the Punjab to the new rulers of India, but they still retained control over the other provinces of India through the treaty. The main areas that were not covered by the treaty were the three Punjab provinces (Punjab, Manjiri, and Nagpur), the six princely states of Delhi (renamed princely union), and the three northern provinces of Bengal, Assam, and Tripura.
When the government of India proclaimed full independence, the political union with the Britain ended. The people of the Indian states started looking for a separate existence away from the British, and the British realized this opportunity at once when they transferred power to India through the treaty ports. Once this happened, all the territories that were not specifically mentioned in the personal union with the British became the dominions of the new Independent India.
The British did have to keep the dominions and princely states under their complete control though. This was because they had signed the treaty only to accept power over those areas which they were already occupying as British subjects. This was done in order to prevent the formation of any independent country from these territories, thus preserving the union between them. All the existing states or dominions of the British in India became the constituent parts of the mother country. The three northern most states of India which were previously the provinces of the British crown, became the dominions of the British Empire after independence.
There are many places in India where the British ruled for over a century after independence. Some of the prominent dominions that became British protectorates included Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Jammu & Kashmir. These all states that form the core areas of India that are still occupied by the British. All the countries surrounding the Great Lakes area became part of the British territory after independence.
Some important Indian states which were previously ruled by the British are Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Delhi, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himchai Pradesh and Jharkhand. The eastern part of India has the most number of states which were previously the subjects of the British Raj. The western region of India includes states like Madhya Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Bihar, Jharkhand and Chardhamgarh. Most of the states that form the core of northern India have been completely integrated into the mother country. Even though, there are some small independent states in the west which have retained their historical identities, these too form part of the country that is India.
Although, there have been many conflicts between the government in India and the national government of UK, the relations between the two sides have always remained cordial. In fact, there are numerous instances in which the British authorities have assisted the Indian community in their home state, such as in the matter of the education policies pursued by the British government in India and the Maharashtrians’ request for an independent flag. India is grateful to the British for all that they did for their nation. India is very grateful to the British for liberating it from the Indian rulers. India welcomes all the British nationals who fought for their freedom and supported the British during the partition of India.