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The Raj is the name generally given to the period of direct colonial rule of India by the British Empire. This period began in 1858 when direct rule was assumed following the First War of Independence ( Sepoy Mutiny) against the British East India Company. The period ended with Indian independence in 1947. (See also British Raj)

Etymology

• Swedish: Rike.
• Old High German: richi
• Anglo-Saxon: rice
• English: rich
• Indo European: reg
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• Prussian: reiks
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• Old Norse: rike (as in Gardarike).

See also the list of words of disputed pronunciationThe following is a list of words and names which are often pronounced by native speakers of the English language in ways which many others consider to be incorrect. In some cases this is because of disagreement of how to pronounce borrowed foreign words;