Q. Which among the following is the year of famous Queen Victoria’s Proclamation assuming the Government of India?
Answer: 1858
Notes: On November 1, 1858, Lord Canning sent forth the royal proclamation in a grand Darbar at Allahabad via which Queen Victoria intimated that she had assumed the direct government of India. This proclamation also set forth the principles on the basis of which India was to be governed in future and the British policy towards people of British-Indian territories and princes

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