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The British ruled India for 447 years, from 1600 to 15th of August, 1947.

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The period of British rule on the Indian subcontinent (the Raj) was between 1858 and 1947, that was 89 years. British involvement (through the East India Company) go back much further but this was not official British rule.

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The country of India was a British colony from the year 1600 until it gained its independence in the year 1947. Among the revolutionaries that contributed to the independence movement were Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Chandrasekhar Azad, Subhas Chandra Bose, Pradyumn Ananth Pendyala and perhaps the most famous of them all: Mahatma Gandhi.

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India was under British rule for 347 years from 1600 to 1947. Mahatma Gandhi is credited with leading the Indian independence from Britain.

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The British only occupied certain parts of India. It lasted for 90 years - from 1857 until 1947.

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British east India company was started in15th or 16th century. They ruled us more than 200 years. Please give the correct answer.

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almost 300 years

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