Government of India Act 1858

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The Government of India Act 1858 was a landmark British law that ended East India Company rule and transferred the administration of India directly to the British Crown, inaugurating the British Raj.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
administrativeChange centralized control of Indian affairs in London ⓘ
reduced autonomy of authorities in India ⓘ
alsoKnownAs An Act for the Better Government of India ⓘ
appliesTo territories under the sovereignty of the British Crown in India ⓘ
cameIntoForce 1858-11-01 ⓘ
category 1858 in British law ⓘ
Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom concerning India ⓘ
British rule in India ⓘ
constitutionalSignificance shifted sovereignty in India from a chartered company to the British state ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
createdBody Council of India ⓘ
createdOffice Secretary of State for India ⓘ
effectOnMonarchy made the British monarch the sovereign of British India ⓘ
followedBy Indian Councils Act 1861 ⓘ
governanceModel imperial centralization under the British Crown ⓘ
headOfAdministrationDesignated Viceroy of India ⓘ
historicalContext passed after the Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ
implementedBy British civil service in India ⓘ
inspired later constitutional reforms in British India ⓘ
jurisdiction British India ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalStatusOfCompany stripped East India Company of governmental functions ⓘ
legalSystem English law ⓘ
legislature Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
monarchAtEnactment Queen Victoria ⓘ
policyChange asserted direct responsibility of the British government for Indian administration ⓘ
ended the commercial role of the East India Company ⓘ
providedThat the Governor-General of India would also be styled Viceroy ⓘ
purpose to transfer the government of India from the East India Company to the British Crown ⓘ
redefinedTitleOf Governor-General of India ⓘ
linked to: Viceroy of India
relatedEvent Proclamation of 1858 by Queen Victoria ⓘ
replaced rule of the East India Company in India ⓘ
result beginning of direct Crown rule in India ⓘ
end of East India Company rule in India ⓘ
inauguration of the British Raj ⓘ
royalAssentDate 1858-08-02 ⓘ
scope civil administration of British India ⓘ
military administration of British India ⓘ
shortName Government of India Act 1858 ⓘ
symbolicEffect marked formal beginning of the British Raj ⓘ
transferredPowersFrom Court of Directors of the East India Company ⓘ
linked to: Court of Directors
transferredPowersTo British Crown ⓘ
Secretary of State for India ⓘ
yearEnacted 1858 ⓘ

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British India → legalInstrumentCreating → Government of India Act 1858 ⓘ
Indian Civil Service → legalBasis → Government of India Act 1858 ⓘ
Indian Rebellion of 1857 → relatedTo → Government of India Act 1858 ⓘ
Viceroy of India → createdBy → Government of India Act 1858 ⓘ
Government of India Act 1858 → shortName → Government of India Act 1858 ⓘ
Government of India Act 1858 → alsoKnownAs → An Act for the Better Government of India ⓘ
linked to: Government of India Act 1858
Government of India Act 1858 → relatedEvent → Proclamation of 1858 by Queen Victoria ⓘ
linked to: Government of India Act 1858
Secretary of State for India → officeCreatedBy → Government of India Act 1858 ⓘ
Doctrine of Lapse → endedBy → Government of India Act 1858 ⓘ
Doctrine of Lapse → endedWhen → British Crown took direct control of India in 1858 ⓘ
linked to: Government of India Act 1858
India Act 1784 → relatedTo → Government of India Act 1858 ⓘ
Court of Directors → dissolvedBy → Government of India Act 1858 ⓘ
Court of Proprietors → dissolvedFollowing → Government of India Act 1858 ⓘ
Board of Control → dissolutionCause → Government of India Act 1858 ⓘ
Charter Act 1853 → followedBy → Government of India Act 1858 ⓘ
Company rule in India → significantEvent → Government of India Act 1858 ⓘ
Company rule in India → causeOfEnd → Government of India Act 1858 transferring power to the British Crown ⓘ
linked to: Government of India Act 1858
Council of India → legalBasis → Government of India Act 1858 ⓘ
Indian Councils Act 1861 → relatedTo → Government of India Act 1858 ⓘ
Lord Canning → oversawLegislation → Government of India Act 1858 ⓘ
India Office → significantEvent → Government of India Act 1858 ⓘ
subject linked to: India Office in London
Council of the Governor-General → legalBasis → Government of India Act 1858 ⓘ
Government of British India → significantEvent → Government of India Act 1858 ⓘ
Government of British India → legalBasis → Government of India Act 1858 ⓘ
Governors of East India Company presidencies → dissolvedBy → Government of India Act 1858 ⓘ
Saint Helena Act 1833 → relatedTo → Government of India Act 1858 ⓘ
British conquest of India → hasKeyEvent → Government of India Act 1858 ⓘ
British policies in India → legalBasis → Government of India Act 1858 ⓘ
Armies of the British East India Company → legalBasis → Government of India Act 1858 ⓘ
British colonial authorities in India → significantEvent → Government of India Act 1858 ⓘ
Government of India Acts → notableAct → Government of India Act 1858 ⓘ
Government of India Act 1915 → predecessor → Government of India Act 1858 ⓘ
Government of India Act 1915 → consolidated → Government of India Act 1858 ⓘ
Commissioner of the Board of Control → operatedBefore → Government of India Act 1858 ⓘ
Charter Acts of the British Parliament → followedBy → Government of India Act 1858 ⓘ
Board of Control in London → dissolvedBy → Government of India Act 1858 ⓘ
Late modern period in India → significantEvent → Government of India Act 1858 ⓘ