It was an informal description given to Dublin, particularly during the 19th century and early 20th century, before Irish independence.
No.
the british ruled Trinidad before independence
The British
The Spanish Empire
Before independence, Singapore was part of the British Empire. It is also worthy to note that there was no development where Singapore now is before the British built it.
The British
Yes, before independence, it was Northern Rhodesia.
If the question intends to ask "Who controlled the land upon which Israel now sits before the Israeli Declaration of Independence?", the answer would be that it was part of the British Empire, specially the British Mandate of Palestine.
Only one country controlled the area of the Mandate for Palestine prior to Israeli Independence: the British Empire.
The fist ruler of the Sikh empire was Maharaja Ranjit Singh and the last , Duleep Singh before the British Empire annexed Punjab.
Before the Declaration of Independence, the Colonies were subjects of the British Crown, a constitutional monarchy.
The colonist WERE British, so they wrote a letter to the king ( the Declaration of Independence) to tell him what the problems were.