Event
Transfer of the government of India to the Crown, 1858
The Act of 2 August 1858 took the Company's governing powers and territories and vested them in the Queen.
- Dates
- 2 Aug 1858
Connections 4
involved
- East India Company its powers of government ceased Primary record 1
- India its territories became vested in the Queen Primary record 1
- British government administration passed to the Crown Scholarship & press 2
followed from
- Government of India Act, 1858 Primary record 1
Timeline 1 date
- 2 Aug 1858 Transfer of the government of India to the Crown, 1858
Proof 2 sources
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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
were continued under such Government, in trust for Her Majesty
shall cease to be vested in or exercised by the said Company
shall become vested in Her Majesty, and be exercised in her name
India shall be governed by and in the Name of Her Majesty
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History of India, vol. 8, ch. 18: India under the Crown, 1858-1907 (A. C. Lyall), History of India, ed. A. V. W. Jackson (text via ibiblio), 1907.
Scholarship & press
The Queen’s Proclamation, announcing that the administration of India had passed from the East India Company to the Crown
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