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2 giorni fa · British Indians are citizens of the United Kingdom (UK) whose ancestral roots are from India.Currently, the British Indian population exceeds 1.9 million people in the UK, making them the single largest visible ethnic minority population in the country.
2 giorni fa · Religion in India is characterised by a diversity of religious beliefs and practices. Throughout India's history, religion has been an important part of the country's culture and the Indian subcontinent is the birthplace of four of the world's major religions, namely, Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, and Sikhism, which are collectively known as native Indian religions or Dharmic religions and ...
1 giorno fa · British rule in India Sikh armour and weapons “Sikh Sardar”, photograph by John McCosh taken circa 1848–49. After the annexation of the Sikh/Punjabi kingdom by the British, the British Army began recruiting significant numbers of Sikhs and Punjabis.
1 giorno fa · The British East India Company seized control of Lahore in February 1846 from the collapsing Sikh state and occupied the rest of Punjab in 1848. Following the defeat of the Sikhs at the Battle of Gujrat, British troops formally deposed Maharaja Duleep Singh in Lahore that same year. Punjab was then annexed to the British Indian Empire in 1849.
2 giorni fa · Visa policy of India. Visitors to India must obtain a visa unless they come from one of the visa-exempt countries. Nationals of certain countries may obtain a visa on arrival or an e-Visa online, while others must obtain a visa from an Indian diplomatic mission .
1 giorno fa · By 1700, Mughal India had an urban population of 23 million people, larger than British India's urban population of 22.3 million in 1871. Nizamuddin Ahmad (1551–1621) reported that, under Akbar's reign, Mughal India had 120 large cities and 3,200 townships.
2 giorni fa · In 1835, the English Education Act was passed by the British in India. This act made English formal medium of education in all schools and colleges. This act neglected both indigenous schools and mass education, as only the small section of upper-class Indians were educated to become the connecting link between the government and the masses.
