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In′dian Em′pire, 
  1. Place Names, World HistoryBritish India and the Indian states ruled by native princes but under indirect British control: dissolved in 1947 and absorbed into India and Pakistan.

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Indian Empire n
  1. British India and the Indian states under indirect British control, which gained independence as India and Pakistan in 1947

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