Raj or RAJ may refer to:

Indian history

British Raj The British Raj ( ; from Hindustani language, Hindustani , 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') was the colonial rule of the British The Crown, Crown on the Indian subcontinent, * * lasting from 1858 to 1947. * * It is also called Crown rule ...

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

Company Raj Company rule in India (also known as the Company Raj, from Hindi , ) refers to regions of the Indian subcontinent under the control of the British East India Company (EIC). The EIC, founded in 1600, established its first trading post in India ...

, the British East India Company rule in the Indian subcontinent * Licence Raj or Permit Raj, the Indian system of elaborate licences and permits, regulations and accompanying red tape *

Mafia Raj Mafia Raj () refers to a criminalised nexus (or 'mafia') of corrupt government officials, elected politicians, business interests and other entities (such as law-enforcement authorities, non-governmental organisations, trade unions or criminal ...

(also Goonda Raj or Jungle Raj), where public property and funds are controlled by a criminalised nexus of politicians and business interests

Places

* Raj, Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland * Raj, Pomeranian Voivodeship, north Poland * Raj, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, north Poland *

Ráj Ráj (, ) is a municipal part of the city of Karviná in Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. It was a separate municipality but in 1948 became a part of Karviná. It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia and has ...

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

Brazii Brazii () is a Communes of Romania, 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 bas ...

Commune, Arad County, Romania *Raj., an abbreviation of

Rajasthan Rajasthan (; Literal translation, lit. 'Land of Kings') is a States and union territories of India, state in northwestern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the List of states and union territories of ...

, a state in India

People and fictional characters

Raj (name) Raj (, , ) 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 relative. Given name or nickname * Ra ...

, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name ** Thotakura Somaraju or Raj, one-half of the Indian musical duo Raj–Koti *

Raj caste The Raj are a Muslim community found in the state of Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh ( ; UP) is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. With over 241 million inhabitants, it is the List of stat ...

, a Hindu caste in India and Pakistan

Other

Raj Comics Raj Comics is an Indian comics, Indian comic book publishing, publisher based in New Delhi, India. It had published a line of Indian comics, Indian comic books through Raja Pocket Books since its foundation in 1984 by Rajkumar Gupta, Manoj Gup ...

, 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 ( – 21 May 2023) and Saluri Koteswara Rao, popularly known as Raj–Koti, were a duo of Indian film music composers, singer-songwriters, record producers, musicians and multi-instrumentalist in Telugu cinema. In a notable ...

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

Raj Engineering College Raj Engineering College is an engineering college affiliated with Bikaner Technical University in Jodhpur. Academics Integrated first degree The college offers four-year Bachelor of Engineering programs in the following fields: * Civil Eng ...

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

Rajasthani language The Rajasthani languages are a group of Western Indo-Aryan languages, primarily spoken in Rajasthan and Malwa, and adjacent areas of Haryana, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh in India and South Punjab and the adjacent areas of Sindh in Pakistan. T ...

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

Przemysław Gintrowski Przemysław Adam 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 ...

Rajkot Airport Rajkot Airport is a public airport serving the city of Rajkot, Gujarat, India. It is operated by the Airports Authority of India (AAI). It was the 4th busiest airport in Gujarat after Ahmedabad, Surat and Vadodara until all scheduled commerci ...

IATA code * Russian State University of Justice, formerly known as the Russian Academy of Justice (RAJ)

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