| James Geddes Currie - Executors and administrators - 1884 - 328 pages
...point on two grounds : (1) the Act of the British Parliament 21 & 22 Vict. c. 106, 1858, transferring the Government of India from the East India Company to the Crown ; and (2) the Succession Act of 1865, passed by the Indian Council, which " explains " that " a man... | |
| George Park Fisher - World history - 1885 - 786 pages
...upon those most actively concerned in it. One consequence of the revolt was the entire transference of the government of India from the East India Company to the Crown. The measure was introduced into Parliament by Lord Palmerston (1858). Under the ministry of D 'Israeli,... | |
| India - 1881 - 764 pages
...principle of neutrality as promulgated in Her Majesty's proclamation on the occasion of the transfer of the government of India from the East India Company to the Crown. That principle is based on the fact that while Christians will not tolerate any interference with their... | |
| Peter Smith Michie - Generals - 1885 - 606 pages
...independent nation, or, like India, become the vassal of a nobler people. ARMY OF INDIA.— Upon the transfer of the government of India from the East India Company to the Crown, a complete reorganization of the army was effected. The causes which led to this were briefly these,... | |
| William Heaton - Great Britain - 1885 - 338 pages
...people. The only notable exceptions were the repeal of the duty on newspapers, in 1855 ; the transference of the government of India from the East India Company to the Crown, in 1858 ; and, also in 1858, the abolition of the property qualification of Members of Parliament,... | |
| Llewellyn Styles Dawson - 1885 - 234 pages
...order to reconcile the discrepancies which existed in that part of the globe. In this year the transfer of the government of India from the East India Company to the Crown, caused the following summary of eastern surveys to be made by Capt. Washington: —The Red Sea, Gulf... | |
| William Digby - Elections - 1885 - 148 pages
...of India. They imposed this duty upon themselves more distinctly than before when they transferred the government of India from the East India Company to the Crown. The Queen has acknowledged her responsibilities to Parliament in respect of the government of India... | |
| Mandell Creighton - Great Britain - 1886 - 744 pages
...a severe lesson from the shock of this calamity. Among its principal effects were the transference 'of the government of India from the East India Company to the Crown, and the awakening of Englishmen to a deeper interest in Indian affairs. CHAPTER XXIII. i LORD DERBY.... | |
| Electronic journals - 1909 - 764 pages
...of local option. INDIA. — The fiftieth anniversary of Queen Victoria's proclamation transferring the government of India from the East India Company to the Crown, was observed by the viceroy at Jodhpur on November 2. A letter from the king was adversely criticized... | |
| Leslie Stephen - Great Britain - 1886 - 480 pages
...same year, 1858, Canning was called upon to give effect to the act of parliament which transferred the government of India from the East India Company to the crown. He thus became the first viceroy of India. In 1859 he was raised to an earldom. During the remaining... | |
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