Empire of India

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The **Indian Empire** (Hindi: **भारत साम्राज्य**; Urdu: **سلطانی  ہند** , literally **Sultanate of India**) officially the **Empire of India** is the rule by the Imperial Crown on the Indian planet. The rule is also called **Crown rule in India**, or direct rule in India. The region under Imperial control is commonly called India in contemporaneous usage, and includes the brother Dominions of India and Pakistan, and areas ruled by indigenous rulers, but under Imperial tutelage or paramountcy, called the princely states.

## Constituent States

### Union of India

The **Union of India**, more officially called the **Dominion of India**, is an independent dominion in the Imperium since 15 August 1947 AC. It was created by the Indian Independence Act 1947 and follows the Constitution of India of 1950. The dominion conceived under the two-nation theory as an autonomous country composed of the Hindu-majority areas of the former Imperial India (which came to oversee as the Empire of India), due to Pakistan wishing to become it’s own dominion.

#### Administrative divisions

* 2. Arunachal Pradesh
* 3. Assam
* 4. Bihar
* 5. Chhattisgarh
* 6. Goa
* 7. Gujarat
* 8. Haryana
* 9. Himachal Pradesh
* 10. Jharkhand
* 11. Karnataka
* 12. Kerala
* 13. Madhya Pradesh
* 14. Maharashtra
* 15. Manipur
* 16. Meghalaya
* 17. Mizoram
* 18. Nagaland
* 19. Odisha
* 20. Punjab
* 21. Rajasthan
* 22. Sikkim
* 23. Tamil Nadu
* 24. Telangana
* 25. Tripura
* 26. Uttar Pradesh
* 27. Uttarakhand
* 28. West Bengal
* B. Chandigarh
* C. Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
* D. Jammu and Kashmir
* E. Ladakh
* F. Lakshadweep
* G. National Capital Territory of Delhi
* H. Puducherry

### Dominion of Pakistan

The **Dominion of Pakistan** is an independent federal dominion in the south-western part of the planet that was established as a result of the Pakistan movement, followed by the simultaneous partition of Imperial India to create a new country called Pakistan. The dominion was conceived under the two-nation theory as an autonomous country composed of the Muslim-majority areas of the former Imperial India (which came to oversee as the Empire of India).

### Princely states

A **princely state**, also called **native state**, **feudatory state** or **Indian state**, is a vassal state under a local or indigenous or regional ruler in a subsidiary alliance with the Empire of India. Unlike the dominions, they have no unified ruling body, as *de jure* absolute monarchies in their own rights while all considering the Emperor as their superior. The imprecise doctrine of paramountcy allowea the government of the Empire of India to interfere in the internal affairs of princely states individually or collectively and issue edicts that apply to all of India when it deems it necessary. However, most princely states of this day and age have given *de facto* power to the states, provinces, and union territories, allowing their people to participate in elections. If not, it is not uncommon for a popular Raja’s council or something of the sort to be created.

## Government and Administration

### Viceroy and Governor-General of India

The **Governor-General of India** (from 1858 to 1947 the **Viceroy and Governor-General of India**, commonly shortened to **Viceroy of India**) was the representative of the monarch of the United Kingdom and after Indian Independence Act 1947|Indian independence in 1947, the representative of the
Indian head of state. The office was created in 1773, with the title of ‘Governor-general of Fort William’. The officer had direct control only over Fort William, but supervised other East India Company officials in India. Complete authority over all of British India was granted in 1833, and the official came to be known as the "governor-general of India".

In 1858, as a consequence of the Indian Rebellion the previous year, the territories and assets of the East India Company came under the direct control of the British Crown; as a consequence the Company Raj was succeeded by the British Raj, which evolved into the Empire of India.

### *Peshwa* (Prime Minister) of India

The **prime minister of India** (Hindustani: Peshwa) is the leader of the cabinet and legislature of the Government of India. The prime minister is the chief adviser to the Viceroy of India and the head of the Union Council of Ministers. They can be a member of any of the two houses of the Parliament of India—the Lok Sabha (House of the People) and the Rajya Sabha (Council of the States); but has to be a member of the political party or coalition, having a majority in the Lok Sabha.

The prime minister is the senior-most member of cabinet in the executive of government in a parliamentary system. The prime minister selects and can dismiss members of the cabinet; allocates posts to members within the government; and is the presiding member and chairperson of the cabinet.

The Union Cabinet headed by the prime minister is appointed by the Viceroy of India to assist the latter in the administration of the affairs of the executive. Union cabinet is collectively responsible to the Lok Sabhaas per Article 75(3) of the Constitution of India. The prime minister has to enjoy the confidence of a majority in the Lok Sabha and shall resign if they are unable to prove majority when instructed by the Viceroy.