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  1. British, the rivals of Marathas: 4. (Web site)
  2. British was also used to describe members of nations that formed part of the British Empire.
  3. British were doing pepper trade by using this fort.It is constructed near to Arabian sea and mostof theconstruction is rocky.
  4. The British were particularly busy strategists, making agreements with three parties regarding the fate of Palestine: the French, the Jews, and the Arabs.
  5. The British are one of the largest per capita tea consumers in the world - second only to Ireland, with each person consuming on average 2.5 kg per year. (Web site)

British Territory

  1. After the First Anglo-Sikh War he moved about the Jalandhar Doab, a British territory and aroused the people against the British. (Web site)
  2. Most if not all first arrived in the 1940s during the Second World War, originating mainly from the then British territory of Hong Kong. (Web site)

British Sovereign

  1. British and Commonwealth orders and decorations This article concerns British and Commonwealth orders and decorations awarded by the British Sovereign. (Web site)
  3. The British Sovereign is the head of state of both these countries, which were formerly British colonies. (Web site)

British Admiralty

  1. At first, Royal Australian Navy ships flew the British White Ensign from the stern, under the direction of the British Admiralty.
  2. The blue ensign was approved by the British Admiralty in 1868 for use by ships owned by the Canadian government. (Web site)
  3. The White Ensign is not a symbol of the British Admiralty nor necessarily of the British Navy.

Madras Presidency

  1. Kollam was still ruled by the Travancore kings, but under the dominion of Madras Presidency, constituted by the British.
  3. Prior to Indian independence Tamil Nadu was under British colonial rule as part of the Madras Presidency. (Web site)


  1. Q.12 On the map of India provided, identify the territories held by the British, the ruler of Mysore, the Nizam, the Marathas and the Mughals in1765.
  2. During this time, it came into conflict with the Marathas, the British and the Nizam of Golconda which culminated in the four Anglo-Mysore wars. (Web site)
  3. The Marathas attacked from the North and the West and the Nizam and the British from the East. (Web site)

First World War

  2. According to Martin Gilbert's The First World War, the British were forced to dispatch 12,000 troops to deal with the Senussi.
  3. With the arrival of the First World War, the railways were used to meet the needs of the British outside India. (Web site)

Second Boer War

  1. Lord Kitchener applied this policy during the later part of the Second Boer War when the British failed to get the better of the Boers on the battlefield.
  2. First prize: $2,000 1899 - The Boers started their 118 day siege of British held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.
  3. The English words concentration camps were first used by the British in the Second Boer War in Africa around 1900.

United States

  1. Detroit was built by the British at Malden, Canada, in 1813 and captured by the United States during the Battle of Lake Erie 10 September 1813. (Web site)
  2. More than 90 scholarships are now awarded each year to students from the (now former) British colonies, the United States, and Germany. (Web site)
  3. Although the trade embargo decreased the number of American ships attacked by the French and British, it greatly hurt the economy of the United States.

British Invasion

  1. However, China, under an agreement not to object to British invasion of Burma, won British no objection to having an upper hand in Tibet. (Web site)
  2. During the fight against the British, Tipu Sultan's Army used a number of improvised weapons, which included rockets, to thwart the British invasion.
  3. The British Invasion was an influx of rock and roll performers from Great Britain who became popular in the United States, Australia, Canada and elsewhere.


  1. In 1877, when Victoria took the title of "Empress of India", the British declared Calcutta the capital of the British Raj. (Web site)
  2. Sibsagar was the capital of Ahom kings who ruled over Assam for nearly 600 years till the British annexed the region in 1826.
  3. The new part of Delhi became the capital of British India in 1912 and of independent India in 1947. (Web site)


  2. In 1839, the British occupied the port of Aden and established it as a colony in September of that year.
  3. Seized by the British occupiers of Aden in 1857, Perim (also Barim) Island was used as a coaling station by the British until the 1930s. (Web site)


  1. In September of the same year the British called for reinforcements and the Tibetans were pushed back from Lingtu. (Web site)
  3. On January 8, 1782 the British captured the fort but the French recaptured it on August 29 of the same year. (Web site)

British Grand Prix

  1. Silverstone was to become the place where F1 World Championship was born (with the British Grand Prix being the first sanctioned championship race).
  3. The British Grand Prix, for example, though held every year since 1950, alternated between Brands Hatch and Silverstone from 1963 to 1986.

German Fleet

  1. Britain strove to maintain the blockade and, if possible, to damage the German fleet enough that British ships could be used elsewhere.
  2. Two British officers believed they had determined an opening to carry the war to the German fleet. (Web site)
  3. The German fleet withdrew to port at its earliest opportunity after two short encounters with the British fleet.

British Navy

  2. At the end of World War I the German fleet stationed at Kiel was sent out on a last glorious mission against the British navy. (Web site)
  3. In 1904, he headquartered at Portsmouth, England, as First Sea Lord and began honing the British Navy for war with Germany. (Web site)

Cape Colony

  1. Troops were also raised to fight with the British from the Cape Colony and the Colony of Natal. (Web site)
  2. After the outbreak of hostilities between Britain and France again in 1803, the British retook the Cape Colony. (Web site)
  3. In 1910, Britain established the Union of South Africa, which unified the Cape Colony with the two defeated Boer Republics and the British colony of Natal. (Web site)


  1. After Italy's declaration of War on Britain and France in June of 1940 Italian forces in Libya came under punitive attack from the British in Egypt. (Web site)
  2. War with Britain seemed imminent in 1794, as the British seized hundreds of American ships that were trading with French colonies. (Web site)
  3. The Dalai Lama contacted the British, hoping to gain more independence for Tibet with the assistance of Britain and India.

Summer Capital

  1. The capital of north Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, Shimla was given the position of the summer capital of the British in India during their rule.
  2. Shimla is a beautiful holiday destination formed by the British in 1819 and became the summer capital of India in 1864. (Web site)
  3. Shimla, was the Summer capital of India under British rule.

British Occupation

  1. Even when the British ended their occupation of Egypt in 1936 (with the exception of the Suez Canal Zone), Sudan remained under British occupation. (Web site)
  2. However, the British did retain Treaty rights to garrison and protect the Suez Canal; so, in many ways, the British Occupation of 1882 simply continued. (Web site)
  3. The town of Shimla, a summer capital of the Indian State of Himachal Pradesh during the British occupation, is the central focus of this study.

Napoleonic Wars

  1. The British captured and held the island from 1762 to 1763 and occupied it again during the Napoleonic Wars, but each time it was returned to France. (Web site)
  2. During Napoleonic Wars in Europe, Central Java as part of the Netherlands East-Indies, a Dutch colony, was handed over to the British. (Web site)
  3. During the Napoleonic wars in Europe when Holland was occupied by France, Indonesia fell under the rule of the British East India Company (1811-1816). (Web site)

British Ships

  2. On January 20 1918 the two ships emerged from the Dardanelles and encountered the British ships near the island of Imbros.
  3. At first light on September 13, British ships of war began firing bombs, rockets and cannon balls at Fort McHenry.


  1. British entered into the Treaty of Darin in which made the lands of the House of Saud a British protectorate. (Web site)
  2. Bechuanaland - Since 1884 a British protectorate, later colony (governed from South Africa).
  3. The islands were proclaimed a British protectorate in 1888 and were annexed by New Zealand in 1901. (Web site)

British Somaliland

  2. Following Italy's declaration of war on the United Kingdom in June 1940, Italian troops overran British Somaliland and drove out the British garrison. (Web site)
  3. In 1950 The Protectorate of British Somaliland 's badge and flag changed and thus all flags which bore it. (Web site)


  1. After the ascend of the British in Kerala, they aspired to control the fort that had by this time become the locus of power in the Malabar Coast.
  2. By the time of his death, he had lost all but nominal control of the Punjab to the Sikhs, who remained in control until defeated by the British in 1849.
  3. This was the area to the north of Gibraltar, militarily conquered and continuously occupied by the British except during time of war. (Web site)


  1. The Jews, for their part, organized militia groups like the Irgun and Lehi to fight the British and the Haganah and Palmach to fight the Arabs.
  2. The role of the Haganah was not publicly revealed and for years the British believed that the Irgun was probably responsible.
  3. According to the Irgun these sort of operations were legitimate, since the trains primarily served the British, for redeployment of their forces.


  1. Such ships were not British ships, but the ensign showed that they were British protected. (Web site)
  2. Doubled by the British ships and ravaged by their relentless gunnery, the French faced utter defeat as the battle raged into the night.
  3. While the German fleet sank more British ships and killed more British soldiers, the battle was considered by all to be inconclusive. (Web site)

British Fleet

  1. Strategically, Jutland was a British victory because the British fleet retained control of the North Sea with no further challenge from the German Navy.
  2. On 1 August the British fleet under Horatio Nelson fought the French in the Battle of the Nile, capturing or destroying all but two French vessels.
  3. As the battle opened the British fleet approached the French and Spanish from right angles, sailing in two lines on either end of the opposing line. (Web site)

Boer War

  2. The Dutch and the British did the same in South Africa and fought the Boer War over it. (Web site)
  3. Transvaal - Independent region before becoming part of the British Empire during the Boer War in 1902 and is currently part of South Africa. (Web site)


  1. Natal was invaded by the Boers in 1899 at the outbreak of the Boer War, but the Boers were driven out by the British in 1900.
  2. The Boers, led by Pretorius, decided to force the British out of Natal. (Web site)
  3. One of his first aims was the revision of the Pretoria Convention of 1881, the agreement between the Boers and the British that ended the First Boer War. (Web site)


  1. Tuvalu is a constitutional monarchy within the British Commonwealth, with Queen Elizabeth II as the head of state.
  2. In 1949 the state was formally declared the Republic of Ireland and it left the British Commonwealth. (Web site)
  3. On 13 December 1974 (Republic Day) Malta became a republic within the British Commonwealth, with the President as head of state. (Web site)

British Commonwealth

  1. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and a member of the British Commonwealth and European Union.
  2. The history of the Republic of India began on 15 August 1947 when the country became an independent dominion within the British Commonwealth.


  1. The British claimed British Somaliland as a protectorate in 1886 after the withdrawal of Egypt and the treaty with Warsangeli clan.
  2. United States and France obtain commercial and legal concessions from China on par with that of the British under the Treaty of Nanking. (Web site)
  3. The British captured Fort Niagara during the War of 1812, relinquishing it to the United States with the Treaty of Utrecht. (Web site)

British Crown

  1. New Zealand's constitutional history began in 1840 when Maori and the British Crown signed the Treaty of Waitangi and New Zealand became a British colony. (Web site)
  2. The Treaty of Waitangi, signed between various Maori iwi and the British crown, had the practical effect of transferring sovereignty to the United Kingdom.
  3. It was here on February 6th, 1840, that the Treaty of Waitangi was first signed between Maori and the British Crown.

World War

  1. It had a role in World War II, where the British used the Burma Road to transport war material to China before Japan was at war with the British.
  2. As he had done in the South African War, Gandhi urged support of the British in World War I and was active in encouraging Indians to join the army. (Web site)
  3. July 7 – World War II: American forces take over the defense of Iceland from the British.

British Indian Army

  2. During the Indian Rebellion of 1857, Gurkhas fought on the British side, and became part of the British Indian Army on its formation. (Web site)
  3. The Rajputana Rifles are a regiment of the Indian Army, formerly the 6th Rajputana Rifles when part of the British Indian Army. (Web site)

British Soldier

  1. British soldier killed in Basra A British soldier has been killed in Iraq, the Ministry of Defence has said.
  3. A British soldier stands by the shattered windows of a building damaged during a fierce gun battle in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Friday, Jan.

British Soldiers

  1. After a year of turmoil, and reinforcement of the East India Company's troops with British soldiers, the British emerged victorious.
  2. They are not the first group of American or British soldiers to have their tours of duty extended in Iraq or Afghanistan. (Web site)
  3. British soldiers take rest during a fierce gunbattle in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Friday, Jan.


  1. The British governed the region as part of the Bombay Presidency, which spanned an area from Karachi in Pakistan to most of the northern Deccan. (Web site)
  2. People from Northern Ireland are British citizens on the same basis as people from any other part of the United Kingdom (e.g. (Web site)

British Isles

  1. Ireland is one of the islands which are called the British Isles and which are on the North-Western side of Europe. (Web site)
  2. England is simply one part of the UK. Great Britain, (or just " Britain "), is the geographical name of the largest of the British Isles. (Web site)
  3. British Isles: The islands of Great Britain and Ireland and a number of smaller islands off their coasts.


  1. The defeat prompted a redirection of the war effort, and more British troops poured into Natal to ensure a British victory at Ulundi (4 July 1879.
  2. Following this, Lord Lytton declared war on 20 November 1878, and British troops invaded Afghanistan. (Web site)
  3. Earlier today, the Liberal Democrats called for the Government to start planning for the withdrawal of British troops from Afghanistan.

British Troops

  1. The Afghan response was viewed by the British as unsatisfactory, and on November 21, 1878, British troops entered Afghanistan at three points.
  2. Harrer and a colleague were arrested by British troops in India at the end of that expedition as war broke out in September 1939.
  3. British troops were besieged by Akbar Khan in the city in 1842 in the Battle of Jellalabad during the First Anglo-Afghan War. (Web site)


  1. During World War II the Italians invaded British Somaliland (1940); a year later British troops retook the area. (Web site)
  2. He fought the Italian invasion of his country in 1935 and regained his throne during World War II, when British forces expelled the Italians. (Web site)
  3. The Italians also attacked British forces in Egypt from Italian-controlled Libya in late October 1940.

British Forces

  1. During the First Anglo-Afghan War, the city was stormed and taken over by the British forces on July 23, 1839 in the Battle of Ghazni. (Web site)
  2. Many Poles took part in defence of France, in the Battle of Britain and other operations beside British forces (see Polish contribution to World War II).
  3. By the end of the war, most of the provinces of Iraq are occupied by British forces although some areas remain "unpacified".

British Mandate

  1. More than 76% of the British Mandate of Palestine was east of the Jordan river and was known as " Transjordan ". (Web site)
  2. Within that part of the British Mandate of Palestine that after that war became the territory of the State of Israel, and the Palestinian territories. (Web site)


  1. At this time Jewish militias in Palestine, (the Haganah, 'Etzel' and Lehi) decided to form a unified Jewish Resistance Movement against the British.
  2. The territory of the British Mandate of Palestine is divided between the State of Israel, the Kingdom of the Jordan (changed from Transjordan) and Egypt.
  3. After World War I, Palestine became a British Mandate, and Nablus became a point of resistance against the British.

Tipu Sultan

  2. In the latter half of the 18th century, Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan, rulers of Mysore, conquered much of the district and came into conflict with the British.
  3. In the latter half of the 18th century, Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan, rulers of Mysore, conquered much of Kannur which was then British territory.


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