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All Modern-Day Countries Ever Controlled by British India

With the help of a map, can you guess all modern day countries that were at one point under the jurisdiction of British India between 1757 (establishment of East India Company rule) and 1947 (end of British Raj)?
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Includes protected states (in orange).
Not including territories of the Dutch East Indies occupied during the Napoleonic Wars.
Quiz by Dekkie
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Last updated: June 20, 2021
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Years
Protectorates / Colonies
Countries
1839 - 1842
1879 - 1919
Emirate of Afghanistan
(Protected state)
Afghanistan
1860 - 1947
Bahrain
(Protected state)
Bahrain
1757 - 1947
Bengal Presidency
Bangladesh
1865/1910 - 1947
Bhutan
(Protected state)
Bhutan
1817 - 1947
Several Provinces
and Princely States
China
1757 - 1947
Several Presidencies, Provinces
and Princely States
India
1685/1785 - 1824
Bencoolen Presidency /
Bengal Presidency
Indonesia
1839 - 1863
Makran State /
Emirate of A__________
(Protected state)
Iran
1899 - 1947
Sheikhdom of Kuwait
(Protected state)
Kuwait
1786 - 1867
Straits Settlements
Malaysia
1826 - 1937
Several Provinces and
Princely States
Myanmar
Years
Protectorates / Colonies
Countries
1816 - 1923
Kingdom of Nepal
(Protected state)
Nepal
1875 - 1947
Muscat and Oman /
Trucial States
(Protected states)
Oman
1833 - 1947
Several Provinces and
Princely States
Pakistan
1916 - 1947
Qatar
(Protected state)
Qatar
1887 - 1947
Trucial States
(Protected states)
Saudi Arabia
1819 - 1867
Straits Settlements
Singapore
1884 - 1898
British Somaliland
Somalia
1795 - 1802
Madras Presidency
Sri Lanka
1820 - 1947
Trucial States
(Protected states)
United Arab Emirates
1858 - 1937
Aden Settlement
Yemen
JWatson24
+5
Level 71
Jun 19, 2021
Great quiz! I mostly agree with this based on the research I've done. The one thing I question a bit is your decision to not include the protected states, especially Afghanistan. I mean, from what I can tell, during the Second Anglo-Afghan War, the British basically full on occupied Afghanistan and hand-picked an emir. Similar things could be said of the other Anglo-Afghan wars. Also, it seems that the first iteration of the Durrand Line had a significant chunk of modern Afghan territory on the British Indian side. If you don't think that's outright "control" I get it, but all the same, I'd like to hear your reasoning behind Afghanistan.
Dekkie
+4
Level 55
Jun 19, 2021
Thanks! To explain the exclusion of protected states; it's confusing. I'm thinking about changing this decision, considering they did have a hand in controlling their foreign affairs. If I do change my mind on this, these other things I might've missed will automatically be included, although I might have to look into Afghanistan's borders at the time.

EDIT: I have decided to add protected states.

JWatson24
+4
Level 71
Jun 19, 2021
Cool! I definitely agree that makes more sense. I was reading up on Nepal too and even though they were mostly independent, the British seemed to view/treat them as protectorate more so than protected state (which is true of most of the other so-called "protected states," especially in the Gulf and, as I said before, Afghanistan).

Anyways, as I said before, good quiz! Definitely think it's worthy of a nomination :)

Josiah
+1
Level 57
Jun 20, 2021
Good quiz!
Dekkie
+1
Level 55
Jun 20, 2021
Thanks!
FSLiudger
+1
Level 59
Jun 20, 2021
Good Quiz!!!

But maybe too much time.

Dekkie
+1
Level 55
Jun 20, 2021
Thanks! Time reduced by 30 seconds.
JohnnyYeet
+1
Level 57
Jun 21, 2021
Amazing quiz, but your map shows Goa and Pondicherry as being controlled by the Brits. Weren't they colonies of Portugal and France?
Dekkie
+1
Level 55
Jun 22, 2021
This is correct, but they were both occupied by British forces during the Napoleonic Wars, however this didn't seem to be the case for Portuguese Dadra and Nagar.
Aficionado
+1
Level 73
Jul 7, 2021
Great quiz! But what about the Aden Protectorate? It was also governed by the Raj from 1872 to 1917, when its control shifted to the British Foreign Office. It also included the island of Socotra. It roughly corresponded to the former state of South Yemen.
Dekkie
+1
Level 55
Jul 7, 2021
Can't seem to find any accurate info on Aden Protectorate being governed by the Raj. Only for Aden Settlement,
Aficionado
+1
Level 73
Jul 7, 2021
https://socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/iais/downloads/Onley_Raj_Reconsidered.pdf

This article by Dr James Onley, director at the University of Exeter, asserts that the Aden Protectorate (including Socotra) was governed by the Raj until 1917. This was one of the two sources I found on the internet, the other being a book written by the same person. It's fine if you don't want to include them. Great quiz, once again!

TheLetterP
+1
Level 79
Jun 8, 2023
While I'm not sure of it actually being an answer (still don't know where I sit on the "British territories are the UK" scale), St. Helena was East India Company territory until 1834.

Also, it doesn't change the answers, but Balambangan island off Sabah was also briefly colonised by the EIC by at least 1768.

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