The Indian Department was established in 1755 to oversee relations between the British Empire and the First Nations of North America. The imperial government...
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part of the British Empire and still being part of the Commonwealth of Nations). The British Indian community is the sixth largest in the Indian diaspora...
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The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom situated in the Indian Ocean, halfway between Tanzania and Indonesia...
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The British Raj (/rɑːdʒ/ RAHJ; from Hindustani rāj, 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent, lasting...
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The Indian Army during British rule, also referred to as the British Indian Army, was the main military force of India until national independence in...
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Indian Political Department, formerly part of the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India, was a government department in British...
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India Post (redirect from Indian postal department)
The Department of Posts, d/b/a India Post, is an Indian public sector postal system statutory body headquartered in New Delhi, India. It is an organisation...
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Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (redirect from Department of Indian and Northern Affairs (Canada))
royalties. In 1755, the British Crown established the Indian Department. The Governor General of Canada held control of Indian affairs, but usually delegated...
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1973, the British Library Act 1972 detached the library department from the British Museum, but it continued to host the now separated British Library in...
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ministerial departments, 20 non-ministerial departments, and 422 agencies and other public bodies, for a total of 465 departments. Ministerial departments are...
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The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), also known as Indian Affairs (IA), is a United States federal agency within the Department of the Interior. It is responsible...
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John Butler (Ranger) (category British Indian Department)
Lieutenant-Colonel John Butler (c. April 28, 1728 – May 12, 1796) was a British Indian Department officer, landowner and merchant. During the American Revolutionary...
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erstwhile British Indian Army (BIA). Upon the establishment of India's independence in 1947, the country became a dominion within the British Commonwealth...
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Partition of India (redirect from Collapse of the British Indian Empire)
the imperial relationship between Britain and India. 1.4 million Indian and British soldiers of the British Indian Army would take part in the war, and...
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War of 1812 (redirect from British-American War (1812))
vessels into the Royal Navy (the British claimed they were British deserters). British military support for American Indians who were offering armed resistance...
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Overseas Indians (ISO: Pravāsī Bhāratīya), officially Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) and People of Indian Origin (PIOs) are Indians who reside or originate...
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abolition of slavery in the British Empire in 1833, in the French colonies in 1848, and in the Dutch Empire in 1863. British Indian indentureship lasted till...
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of British Great Lakes outposts on the U.S. territory. The British would briefly retake this land during the War of 1812. In the French and Indian War...
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Detroit, British General Isaac Brock and the Shawnee Chief Tecumseh met at Fort Amherstburg to plan the attack of Fort Detroit in the British Indian Department...
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West Indian Division now included all of the remaining British colonies in the Western Hemisphere, from Bermuda to the Falkland Islands. British Empire...
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Alexander McKee (category British Indian Department)
January 1799) was a British Indian Department officer and merchant who served the American Revolutionary War and the Northwest Indian War. He achieved the...
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Guy Johnson (category British Indian Department)
1740 – 5 March 1788) was a British Indian Department officer, judge and politician. He served on the side of the British during the American Revolutionary...
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celebrated as World Anglo Indian Day. During the period of British rule in India, children born to unions between British fathers and Indian mothers from the 17th...
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Simon Girty (category British Indian Department)
Pennsylvania Continental Army he became a Loyalist and an agent of the British Indian Department, serving as a guide and interpreter with indigenous warriors who...
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Army Medical Corps (India) (redirect from Indian Medical Department)
on 3 Apr 1943 by the amalgamation of the Indian Medical Service, the Indian Medical Department and the Indian Hospital corps. The Corps was formed as a...
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Scalping (redirect from Indian scalping)
failure.[citation needed] During the American Revolutionary War, British Indian Department official Henry Hamilton was nicknamed the "hair-buyer general"...
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The 19th century saw the establishment of British rule in India. Following the mutiny of 1857, the British government faced an acute financial crisis...
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2011. Retrieved 19 November 2011. "Indian Meteorological Department (IMD)" (PDF). Indian Meteorological Department. Archived from the original (PDF) on...
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The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign...
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of the Indian diaspora and people of Indian descent in Uganda. In 2003, there were an estimated 15,000 people of Asian descent (mostly Indians and Pakistanis)...
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