Raj or RAJ may refer to:

Indian history

British Raj The British Raj (; from Hindi ''rāj'': kingdom, realm, state, or empire) was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent; * * it is also called Crown rule in India, * * * * or Direct rule in India, * Quote: "Mill, who was himsel ...

, the British rule in India from 1858 to 1947 (the territory sometimes being informally called the Indian Empire) *

Company Raj Company rule in India (sometimes, Company ''Raj'', from hi, rāj, lit=rule) refers to the rule of the British East India Company on the Indian subcontinent. This is variously taken to have commenced in 1757, after the Battle of Plassey, when ...

, the British East India Company rule in the Indian subcontinent *

Licence Raj The Licence Raj or Permit Raj (''rāj'', meaning "rule" in Hindi) was the system of licences, regulations, and accompanying red tape, that hindered the set up and running of businesses in India between 1947 and 1990. Up to 80 government agenci ...

, the Indian system of elaborate licences, regulations and accompanying red tape *

Mafia Raj ''Mafia Raj'' is a term for a criminalized nexus (or "mafia") of government officials, elected politicians, business interests and other entities (such as law-enforcement authorities, non-governmental organisations, trade unions or criminal org ...

, where public property and funds are controlled by a criminalised nexus of politicians and business interests

Places

Raj, Masovian Voivodeship Raj is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Solec nad Wisłą, within Lipsko County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. References Raj Raj or RAJ may refer to: History * British Raj, the 1858–1947 rule of th ...

, east-central Poland *

Raj, Pomeranian Voivodeship Raj is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Kartuzy, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. For details of the history of the region, see ''History of Pomerania The history of Pomerania starts sho ...

, north Poland *

Raj, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship Raj (German ''Paradies'') is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Morąg, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south of Morąg, north of Ostróda, and west of the regional ...

, north Poland *

Ráj Ráj ( pl, Raj, german: Roj) is a district of the city of Karviná in Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. It was a separate municipality but in 1948 became administratively a part of the city of Karviná. It lies in the h ...

, a village in the Czech Republic * Raj, the Hungarian name for

Brazii Brazii ( hu, Raj) is a commune in Arad County, Romania. It is situated in the southern part of the Gurahonț Basin, at the western foot of Măgura Ciungani Mountains and at the northern foot of Husu Massif, in the hydrographical basin of the Si ...

Commune, Arad County, Romania

People and fictional characters

Raj (name) Raj ( hi, राज, ur, , bn, রাজ) in different contexts means "rule", "king", "ruler", "emperor" or "royalty" and "power" in the Sanskrit language families of the Indian sub-continent, including Romanes, its closest Indo-European relativ ...

, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name *

Raj caste The Raj people are a Muslim community found in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India.People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII edited by A Hasan & J C Das See also * Hajjam The Hijama, also known as'' cupping'' are an ethnic group in Ind ...

, a Hindu caste in India and Pakistan

Other

Raj Comics Raj Comics, is an Indian comic books publisher, based in New Delhi, India. It published a line of Indian comic books through Raja Pocket Books since its foundation in 1984 by Rajkumar Gupta, Manoj Gupta and Sanjay Gupta. Some of its most we ...

, Indian comic book publisher *

Raj TV Raj TV is a Tamil language Indian general entertainment channel based in Chennai, India, which was launched on 14 October 1994. Rajtv became as the second most popular channel in Tamil. It is available through digital and mobile entertainment ...

or RAJ, Tamil channel, Chennai, India *

Raj–Koti Thotakura Somaraju and Saluri Koteswara Rao, popularly known as Raj–Koti were Indian film music composers, singer-songwriters, record producers, musicians and multi-instrumentalists duo in Telugu cinema, In a notable career spanning a decade ...

, a pair of composers and musicians in the Telugu film industry *

Raj Engineering College Raj Engineering College situated in Jodhpur is running by Manav Kalyan & Vikas Shikshan Sansthan. The college is now affiliated to Bikaner Technical University and approved by All India Council for Technical Education. The college offers educat ...

, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India * raj, the ISO 639-2 and -3 codes for the

Rajasthani language Rajasthani (Devanagari: ) refers to a group of Indo-Aryan languages and dialects spoken primarily in the state of Rajasthan and adjacent areas of Haryana, Gujarat, and Madhya Pradesh in India. There are also speakers in the Pakistani provinces ...

* ''Raj'' (paradise), Polish album by

Przemysław Gintrowski Przemysław Gintrowski (21 December 1951 – 20 October 2012) was a Polish composer and musician. Gintrowski debuted in 1976 on a review of the Warsaw Riviera with the song "Epitaph for Sergei Yesenin". Shortly afterwards, in 1979, he forme ...

Rajkot Airport Rajkot Airport is a public airport located at Rajkot, Gujarat, India. Rajkot Airport is the 4th busiest airport in Gujarat after Ahmedabad, Surat and Vadodara. Airlines and destinations Modernisation plans Rajkot Urban Development Author ...

IATA code *

Russian State University of Justice The Russian State University of Justice is a university that trains the members and candidates of the judiciary (judges and court officials) of Russia. Until 2014, it was the Russian Academy of Justice, which was founded in 1998 after a decree ...

, formerly known as the Russian Academy of Justice (RAJ)