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Copy of the Proclamation, dated Allahabad 1 Nov 1858, by the Queen in Council, announcing the transference of the government of India from the East India Company to the Crown.

Queen Victoria's Proclamation

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Following the 1857 Rebellion, the East India Company's rule in India came to an end. Queen Victoria's Proclamation of 1 November 1858 declared that thereafter India would be governed by and in the name of the British Monarch through a Secretary of State.

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Mss Eur D620, Copy of the Proclamation by the Queen in Council, 1 November 1858, India Office Records Collection, Courtesy of British Library Board

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Citation: ‘Queen Victoria's Proclamation’, South Asian Britain, https://southasianbritain.org/events/queen-victorias-proclamation/. Accessed: 19 July 2025.

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