Hindustani language
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Hindustani is an Indo-Aryan language spoken across India's Hindi Belt and Pakistan as the lingua franca of the region. It is also spoken by the Deccani-speaking community in South India. Hindustani is
Hindustani, in its standardised registers, is one of the official languages of both India (Hindi) and Pakistan (Urdu).
A grammar of the Hindustani language, published 1843
British Raj
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The British Raj was the period of rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent, lasting from 1858 to 1947. It is also called Crown rule in India, or direct rule in India. The region under Brit
Hindustani language
…centuries and is spoken by many Hindus in North India and by Musalman population in all parts of India." Next to English it was the official language of British Indian Empire, was commonly written in Perso-Arabic characters, and was spoken by approximately a hundred million people. The process of hybridisation also led to…
Political subdivisions of the British Raj in 1909. British India is shown in two shades of pink; Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, and the princely states are shown in yellow.
The British Raj and surrounding countries are shown in 1909
The British Raj in relation to the British Empire in 1909
Lakshmibai, Rani of Jhansi, one of the principal leaders of the Great Uprising of 1857, who had lost her kingdom by the Doctrine of lapse