Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Raj Britania Raya" in Indonesian language version.
When the formal rule of the Company was replaced by the direct rule of the British Crown in 1858, […]
Company rule in India lasted effectively from the Battle of Plassey in 1757 until 1858, when following the 1857 Indian Rebellion, the British Crown assumed direct colonial rule of India in the new British Raj."
More than 500 Indian kingdoms and principalities […] existed during the 'British Raj' period (1858–1947)