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title: "Queen Victoria's Proclamation of 1858: Crown Rule"
description: "Queen Victoria's Proclamation of 1858 marked the end of East India Company rule, ensuring religious tolerance and equal treatment under British governance."
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- Queen Victoria's Proclamation of 1858 announced the transfer of Indian governance from the East India Company to the British Crown and promised non-interference, religious tolerance, and equal treatment.
- How does Queen Victoria's Proclamation of 1858 differ from the Government of India Act 1858?
- Why is the Proclamation called the 'Magna Carta of the Indian people'?
- What did the Proclamation say about the princely states?
- Were the Proclamation's promises actually honoured?

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1. 1 November 1858

   Queen Victoria's Proclamation of 1858 is the royal declaration issued on that announced the assumption of direct governance over British India by the Britis…

2. 15 August 1947

   Canning's reading at Allahabad inaugurated what historians call the period of Crown Rule or the British Raj, which lasted until .

3. 1 January 1877

   The Proclamation's promises were ceremonially reaffirmed and elaborated at later imperial occasions: the assumption by Queen Victoria of the title Empress of…

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Viceroy Charles Canning read Queen Victoria's Proclamation of 1858 at a durbar in Allahabad on 1 November 1858, formally inaugurating direct Crown rule over India in place of the East India Company.

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