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"THE EMPIRE ON WHICH THE SUN NEVER SETS"

AN EVOLUTION OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN THE 19TH AND

20TH CENTURY

It was said that 'the sun never sets on the British Empire' because its

extent crossed the globe assured that the sun was always shining on at least

one of its diverse colonies or governed nations. Its power and influence

spread all over the Earth for centuries. For better or worse, it had a significant

influence on the history of the world, especially in the 19th and 20th century.

Figure 1: Rise & Fall of British Empire

In the century 1815–1915, at its peak, British Empire was

acknowledged as the largest Union in history and, for over a century, was the

principal global leadership. By 1913 the British Empire governed over 412

million people as 23 percent of the global population, and by 1920 it covered

35,600,000 km2 (13,730,000 sq mi), 24 percent of the Earth's total area. By

the British Empire Exhibition of 1924, Britain dictated a universal empire that

covered a fifth of the land in the world. Numerous British individuals at the

time invested heavily in the British Empire and its force. In any case, this was