British India: Polity Style: 1858-1947

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British India: Polity Style: 1858-1947
1 Nov 1858	the administration of the territories in India is transferred from the East India Company to the British Crown in accordance with an act passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom (House of Commons on 8 Jul 1858, House of Lords on 23 Jul 1858 with amendments, House of Commons agreed to amendments with exceptions on 28 Jul 1858, House of Lords insisted on amendments on 29 Jul 1858, House of Commons agreed to amendments on 30 Jul 1858; received Royal Assent on 2 Aug 1858; effective on 1 Sep 1858; proclaimed at the Durbar held in Allahabad, British India, on 1 Nov 1858) (United Kingdom Statutes 1858, pp. 386-398; Calcutta Gazette, 6 Nov 1858, pp. 2120-2122) [1]
1 Nov 1858 - 14 Aug 1947	India
15 Aug 1947	British India is partitioned into the independent dominions of India and Pakistan in accordance with an act passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom (House of Commons on 15 Jul 1947, House of Lords on 16 Jul 1947; received Royal Assent on 18 Jul 1947; effective on 15 Aug 1947) [2][3]


[1]	Full title: An Act for the Better Government of India; short title (conferred by the Short Titles Act 1896): Government of India Act, 1858.
[2]	The princely states, not directly administered by the United Kingdom, regained sovereignty and later acceded to either India or Pakistan.
[3]	Full title: An Act to make provision for the setting up in India of two independent Dominions, to substitute order provisions for certain provisions of the Government of India Act, 1935, which apply outside those Dominions, and to provide for other matters consequential on or connected with the setting up of those Dominions; short title: Indian Independence Act, 1947.

Last update: 29 Nov 2023