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Indian Empire
noun
- British India and the Indian states ruled by Indian princes but under indirect British control: dissolved in 1947 and absorbed into India and Pakistan.
Indian Empire
noun
- British India and the Indian states under indirect British control, which gained independence as India and Pakistan in 1947
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Indian Empire1
First recorded in 1840–50
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Example Sentences
England would have been severed from her Indian Empire, and menaced in the outposts of her naval power.
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Kipling somewhere describes a subtle and complex odour, which, he says, is the smell of the great Indian Empire.
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That there has been no revival of the chronic conspiracy within our Indian Empire, is, however, easily explained.
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But degenerated by European commerce, the artistic sense of beauty itself is disappearing throughout our Indian Empire.
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The whole Indian Empire was tumbling down, and none was loyal!
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