<Tr> <Th> Publication date </Th> <Td> 1817 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Media type </Th> <Td> Print </Td> </Tr> <P> The History of British India is a history of the British Raj by the 19th century British historian and imperial political theorist James Mill . </P> <P> This History went into many editions and during the 19th century became the standard reference work on its subject among British imperialists . </P>

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