Event

Government of India Act 1858

Parliament transferred the administration of India from the East India Company to the British Crown, formally ending Company rule.

Status: draft
Event Kind: constitutional transfer
Date Precision: day
Date Display: 2 Aug 1858
Start Date: 2 Aug 1858
End Date: 2 Aug 1858

What happened

The British state took direct control of India from the Company.

Why it matters

This is the formal end of the East India Company's political role in India and the close of the timeline's arc from conquest to entrenchment to dissolution.

Notes

Use this as the endpoint for Company rule in India.