Wood carved camel with a table top.

At the end of the RAJ this camel table was brought back from Simla in 1946 The British Raj (/rɑːdʒ/; from Hindi rāj, means state or government) was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent from 1858 to 1947. The rule is also called Crown rule in India, or direct rule in India. The region under British control was commonly called India in contemporaneous usage and included areas directly administered by the United Kingdom, which were collectively called British India, and areas ruled by indigenous rulers, but under British subsidiary alliance or paramountcy, called the princely states. The region was sometimes called the Indian Empire, though not officially. In 1864, Simla was declared as the summer capital of British India. Small hamlets were recorded prior to 1815 when British forces took control of the area. The climatic conditions attracted the British to establish the city in the dense forests of the Himalayas. As the summer capital, Simla hosted many important political meetings including the Simla Accord of 1914 and the Simla Conference of 1945.