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Hello, PaachuvumKovaalanum, and welcome to Wikipedia!

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Hi there, you should take this discussion to the talk page, otherwise the article is going to keep being disrupted by people who add and remove the content. Regards, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 20:36, 21 June 2016 (UTC)Reply

British India

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British India is a more precise term, referring to the regions of the British Indian Empire directly administered by the British. Nehru was born in British India, not in a princely state. Compare with infobox of Gandhi. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 08:17, 1 July 2016 (UTC)Reply

PS I just realized, why you had made the changes. British India automatically links to Presidencies and provinces of British India. It was, however, incorrectly linked to British Raj, which was also called the Indian Empire. I have now corrected the links. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 08:26, 1 July 2016 (UTC)Reply

The whole country was known as Indian Empire. Passports to all citizens (whether from a Princely state or not) were issued under the name 'Indian Empire'. PaachuvumKovaalanum (talk) 08:31, 1 July 2016 (UTC)Reply

PaachuvumKovaalanum (talk) 10:43, 1 July 2016 (UTC)Reply
	
    • As I have not seen evidence that you sought consensus for these edits I have undone them. If you wish advice on how to take this forwards you can message me here or at my talk page. --John (talk) 10:43, 1 July 2016 (UTC)Reply

Hi John! Thanks for responding to my recent edits. I am afraid I never found a reason for a detailed discussion and a resulting consensus for a 'fact'. Probably a misjudgement on my part. I request you to take this discussion forward further(if required). The fact can be established with this article alone, as it contains images of the passport. Another source to establish the same:https://books.google.co.in/books?id=XRklAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT545&lpg=PT545&dq=were+Indian+Empire+passports+issued+to+people+from+princely+states&source=bl&ots=hkk8z0ULHo&sig=edg_7WyTyoXaiI_1Dorfa_-SbQo&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=were%20Indian%20Empire%20passports%20issued%20to%20people%20from%20princely%20states&f=false). PaachuvumKovaalanum (talk) 10:51, 1 July 2016 (UTC)Reply

@RegentsPark: Thanks RP. I have reached that station in life in which I have forgotten more than I have remembered. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 12:53, 1 July 2016 (UTC)Reply