colonial
/kəˈləʊniəl/adjective
उच्चारण कलोनिअल
औपनिवेशिक
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connected with or belonging to a country that controls another country
औपनिवेशिक
- the colonial period
- colonial rule
- The city is full of colonial buildings.
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- Colonial policies changed the way Indians farmed.
- She wrote a thesis on colonial trade in the nineteenth century.
Synonyms imperial imperialist dependent settler
Opposite independent sovereign self-governing
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a person who lives in a colony but who is a citizen of the country that controls it
उपनिवेशवासी
- British colonials in India
- Many colonials returned home after the empire came to an end.
- A colonial in the old story stayed to run a tea estate.
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- Colonials built clubs and churches in the hill stations.
- The museum shows letters written by colonials to their families.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
Synonyms
imperial imperialist dependent settler colonist coloniser
Antonyms
independent sovereign self-governing
AaSpelling
co·lo·ni·al
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Colonial rule, colonial era, post-colonial (after a colony becomes independent).
Collocations: colonial rule, colonial era, post-colonial (उपनिवेश के स्वतंत्र होने के बाद)।
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General knowledge
India was a British colony; the British East India Company ruled parts of India from 1757 (Battle of Plassey) until 1858, when the British Crown took over directly (the British Raj) after the Revolt of 1857.
भारत ब्रिटिश उपनिवेश था; ब्रिटिश ईस्ट इंडिया कंपनी ने 1757 (प्लासी का युद्ध) से 1858 तक भारत के भागों पर शासन किया, जब 1857 के विद्रोह के बाद ब्रिटिश क्राउन ने सीधा शासन (ब्रिटिश राज) संभाला।