Was maldives part of british india. In 1858 following the indian mutiny of 1857 the control of british india transferred from the east india company to the british crown and a decade later queen victoria was proclaimed empress. Pakistan was once a part of british india. Maldives encyclopaedia britannica inc.
The maldive islands became a british protectorate in 1887. Originally the islands were under the suzerainty of ceylon now sri lanka. Moreover it was also a huge territory.
Dhivehi raajje officially the republic of maldives is a small island nation in south asia situated in the arabian sea of the indian oceanit lies southwest of sri lanka and india about 700 kilometres 430 mi from the asian continents mainland. The darjeeling area was captured by british probably in 1852 after a war with sikkim and annexed to british raj as many areas of central and north india were annexed by british after 1857 rebellion. So both countries took a separate course of history after their independence.
By buddhist seafarers from india and sri lanka. Historical happenings in india except buddhism never affected sri lanka. The chain of 26 atolls stretches.
The mighty king raja raja chola i once conquered the place and made a part his dynast. It was and is culturally linguistically and ethnically separate from india. In case of sikkim sikkims king asked india in 1975.
Though it was ruled by raja raja chola i in the 9th century under the reign of imperial cholas. It consists of a chain of about 1200 small coral islands and sandbanks some 200 of which are inhabited grouped in clusters or atolls. It was never a part of india except during chola empire briefly under pandya kings.
Britain had been trading in india since about 1600 but it did not begin to seize large sections of land until 1757 after the battle of plassey. This battle pitted 3000 soldiers of the british east india company against the 50000 strong army of the young nawab of bengal siraj ud daulah and his french east india company allies. Maldives in full republic of maldives also called maldive islands independent island country in the north central indian ocean.
During the partition in 1947 india and pakistan were split into their current countries. During colonial period it was not made a part of british india it was administered separately. Later maldivians chased his rule off their country.
However prior to coming under the control of british imperialism over the course of three wars burma was its own distinct country. The maldives formerly called the maldive islands were first settled in the 5th century bc. The maldives m l d i v s us.
No maldives was never a part of india. Tripura was not a free state it was one of numerous princely states and those princely states were bound to join either india or pakistan.
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