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Mammootty

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)

British India

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)

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)

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)

• I noticed your edits. Do you have a scholarly reference to back up your opinion that "India during British rule was officially known as the 'Indian Empire', NOT British India. Passports were issued under the name 'Indian Empire' during the time"? Have you discussed this centrally and established a consensus prior to these mass edits? --John (talk) 09:20, 1 July 2016 (UTC)
• Thanks John for noticing the edits and responding to them soon. A consensus would be required only if there is a confusion. 'Passports issued under the name Indian Empire ' is a fact that cannot be contradicted. Do check this article: British Indian passport. PaachuvumKovaalanum (talk) 09:44, 1 July 2016 (UTC)
• Regardless of what that article says, you need to discuss this first. Present sources (reliable, non-wikipedia ones) and make a case for using Indian Empire before you make changes en-masse. --regentspark (comment) 10:05, 1 July 2016 (UTC)
  • I am afraid regentspark is correct. You should have discussed this before making all these edits. --John (talk) 10:10, 1 July 2016 (UTC)
    • The article about the British Indian Passport itself is a source. It also has images of the original Passport. If you still insist on another source, here it is: 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) 10:43, 1 July 2016 (UTC)
	

• • 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)

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)

• I suggest raising this at Wikipedia talk:Noticeboard for India-related topics. Let me know if you need any more help. --John (talk) 10:54, 1 July 2016 (UTC)
  • Thank you John. I have started a new section there. Shall inform you if I need more help!

• I found Talk:British_Raj/Archive_7#Empire_vs_India. Take a look at that first. --regentspark (comment) 11:05, 1 July 2016 (UTC)

@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)