How and when did the British Raj end, and how did Britan keep its power afterword?

Question

I know the dates may vary, but I'm super confused and I need the information for a two paged paper. Thank you!

Answer 1

British Raj ended partly because of the world opinion against it and the other more important reason is that the Indians under the leadership of mahatma ganghi figure out a way to appeal to the hearts of the British people in general. Even people in England began to see the brutality of their own people in India. The internal opposition was so strong that the rulers of India had no other way but to leave India in a hurry but as always happens the intruders when defeated leave some cruel acts behind. The partition on the basis of religion was the worse thing the British did to India and history will not forgive them for that.

Answer 2

On August 15, 1947, the transfer of Power took place. At midnight on August 14, 1947 Pakistan (including modern Bangladesh) was granted independence. India was granted independence the following day. Most people would give these dates as the end of the British Raj. However, some people argue that it continued until 1950 in India when it adopted a republican constitution.

World War II can be best described as a Pyrrhic victory to the British Empire. The economic costs of WWII were far greater to British Empire than those of WWI, Britain was heavily bombed and the tonnage war cost the Empire almost its entire merchant fleet. World War II fatally undermined Britain's already weakened commercial and financial leadership and heightened the importance of the Dominions and the United States as a source of military assistance.

Answer 3

The first answer gives you details of the ending of the Raj and I don't want to add anything. As to the second part of your question, Britain keeping its power, the answer is that it didn't. India, Pakistan and Ceylon, later Sri Lanka, became independent countries within the Commonwealth and Britain had no further say in or power over any of their affairs.