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This article is about the official title "Emperor of India". For the list of Indian emperors see List of Indian monarchs
Emperor of India (or Empress of India) as a title was used by the last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah II and colonial British monarchs during the British Raj in India.
Sometimes, the term "Emperor of India" is also used to refer to several Indian emperors such as Ashoka and Akbar, though this was not their official title.

Empress of India Emperors and Empresses of India
George VI continued to hold the title King of India for two years during the short Governor-Generalships of Lord Mountbatten and of C. Rajagopalachari until India became a republic on 26 January 1950. George VI remained as King of the United Kingdom and King of Pakistan until his death in 1952. Pakistan became a republic on 23 March 1956, so Elizabeth II was Queen of Pakistan for four years.

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