Original sentence: "reign" in Hindi) primarily refers to the British rule in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947; it can also refer to the region of the rule, or the period of dominion.It included areas directly administered by the United Kingdom (contemporaneously, "British India") as well as the princely states ruled by individual rulers under the paramountcy of the British Crown.The resulting political union was officially designated the Indian Empire, but commonly called India in contemporary usage
Edited sentence: "reign" in Hindi) is a euphemism used in Britain to refer to the British occupation and rule of the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947; it can also refer to the region that was occupied, or the period of rule ('dominion' in the language of the British Empire).It included areas directly administered by Britain (contemporaneously, "British India") as well as the princely states ruled by individual rulers under British control ('paramountcy of the British Crown').The resulting political union was officially designated by the British as the Indian Empire, but commonly called India in contemporary usage