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"Canada" as a colony was never completely controlled by the British until the French capitulated New France on September 8th, 1760. However, Canada first became a colony in 1497 when John Cabot first landed and "claimed" the land in the name of Henry VII, then King of England. Canada officially became the "federal Dominion of Canada" on July 1st, 1867, marking the end of (overt) British rule over the Head of Government (the British monarch is the Head of State in Canada to this day). So officially a British colony: 1760-1867 European dominion: 1497-1760
Britain gave India its independence in 1948, so there is now no British India.
India was previously ruled by the British. British rule took place from 1858 to 1947. In 1947, India was given its independence.
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All of India was a british colony for almost 300 years