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Government of India Act, 1858
Act of Parliament of 2 August 1858 transferring the government of India from the East India Company to the Queen.
- Dates
- 2 Aug 1858
- Wikidata
- Q1359529
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House of Commons
2 Aug 1858
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With the Lords and the Queen, as the enacting words say.
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House of Lords
2 Aug 1858
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With the Commons and the Queen, as the enacting words say.
led to
- Transfer of the government of India to the Crown, 1858 Primary record 1
Timeline 3 dates
- 2 Aug 1858 Government of India Act, 1858
- 2 Aug 1858 House of Commons signed into law Government of India Act, 1858
- 2 Aug 1858 House of Lords signed into law Government of India Act, 1858
Proof 1 source
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Government of India Act, 1858 (21 & 22 Vict. c. 106, 2 August 1858), Parliament of the United Kingdom (text via Lawsisto), 2 Aug 1858.
Primary record
Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in this present Parliament assembled
India shall be governed by and in the Name of Her Majesty
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