In which year the administration of India was transferred into the hands of the British Monarch by t...........

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In which year the administration of India was transferred into the hands of the British Monarch by the Proclamation of Queen Victoria?

1887

1842

1864

1858

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Explanation:

The Government of India Act 1858 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed on August 2, 1858. Its provisions called for the liquidation of the British East India Company who had up to this point been ruling British India under the auspices of Parliament and the transference of its functions to the British Crown.Lord Palmerston, then-Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, introduced a bill for the transfer of control of the Government of India from the East India Company to the Crown, referring to the grave defects in the existing system of the government of India.