Proclamation of Queen as Empress of India at Delhi 1877
In the year 1859 after the suppression of Sepoy Mutiny, Queen Victoria as stated in the Royal Proclamation, declared that she took upon herself the government of territories in India theretofore administered in trust for the Crown by the Honourable East India Company
Picture No
10209585
Media ID
47408299
Size
5666px x 4037px
(4.6MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph by Bourne & Shepherd in The Queen's Empire', volume 4, page 240
Date
1 January 1877
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