Overview & How to Use These Notes

Scope note: This file covers the establishment and expansion of British colonial rule, its administrative and economic structures, social/cultural reform movements, education policy, press regulation, and the final transfer of power (1947) plus integration of India up to 1950. Topics on the Freedom Movement (revolts, INA, mass movements), Governor-Generals/Viceroys list, Acts & Reforms (Regulating Act to Government of India Acts), and Congress Sessions are covered in separate dedicated notes — cross-refer there for details on those specific themes.