27 people matching these criteria:
- group '107'
The Raj and the Indian sub-continent
The British first arrived in India in the 1600s, establishing trading posts through the East India Company. By the mid 18th Century, the company's power and influence meant that a majority of India was controlled by Britain. By the 1700s, English was established as the language of administration and government. The British Raj (taken from the Hindi word Raj, meaning rule) officially began in 1858, when governance was transferred to the Crown with Queen Victoria being proclaimed the Empress of India in 1876. By the mid 19th Century, universities had been established in Kolkata and Mumbai and one of the largest railway networks was underway. Following growing discontent and uprisings, India gained its independence from Britain in 1947. It was partitioned into the Republic of India, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the eastern part of which would become the People's Republic of Bangladesh. The partition created one of the largest mass migrations in history to date.
James Andrew Broun Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie
1812-1860Governor-General of India
Sitter in 3 portraits
Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge of Lahore
1785-1856Governor-General of India
Sitter in 24 portraits
Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst
1858-1944Diplomat and viceroy of India
Sitter in 7 portraits
Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
1831-1891'Owen Meredith'; poet; viceroy of India
Sitter in 19 portraits
Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
1800-1859Historian, poet and politician; MP for Calne, Leeds and Edinburgh; Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery
Sitter in 26 portraits
Charles Theophilus Metcalfe, 1st Baron Metcalfe
1785-1846Provisional Governor-General of India; Governor-General of Canada
Sitter in 1 portrait
Mir Miran (Sadiq Ali Khan Bahadur)
before 1747-died 1760Eldest son of Mir Dja'far
Sitter in 1 portrait