Indian independence · TURNING POINT ·
Queen Victoria’s Proclamation (1858)
On the Indian independence map as “Allahabad — the Queen’s Proclamation”
1 Nov 1858 — Lord Canning, now Viceroy, read Queen Victoria’s proclamation: the Company was gone, the Crown would annex no more princely states, would respect Indian religion and custom, and would see its subjects “freely and impartially admitted” to office. That last promise went largely unkept for decades.
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- Turning point
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- Indian Rebellion of 1857 (chapter 1 of Indian independence)
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- Indian Independence & Partition, 1857–1964
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