The 1858 Proclamation by the Queen in Council to the Princes, Chiefs, and People of India is the British Crown's own instrument transferring rule of India from the East India Company to the Crown and stating its policy toward Indian religions. Its strength is that it is the primary imperial document itself, in the government's own words. Its limit is that it states imperial policy and intent, not an independent account of how that policy was actually carried out in practice, which needs a separate historical source.
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The 1858 Proclamation by the Queen in Council to the Princes, Chiefs, and People of India, the top tier reflecting the British Crown's own primary instrument transferring rule of India from the East India Company to the Crown and stating its policy toward Indian religions. Its limit is that it states imperial policy and intent, not an independent account of how that policy was actually carried out in practice, which needs a separate historical source. NotesQueen Victoria in Council's own proclamation to the princes, chiefs and people of India (1858); the imperial instrument itself, not independent historical analysis.
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AuthorQueen Victoria in Council
Publication Year1858
Source Typeprimary-text
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This source names India directly: "to the Princes, Chiefs, and People of India is the British Crown's own instrument transferring rule of India from the East India Company to the Crown and stating its policy toward Indian religions."
Source Proclamation by the Queen in Council to the Princes, Chiefs, and People of IndiaQueen Victoria in Council
Claims Backed By This Source (12 claims)
This source backs 12 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 7 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Figures, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Empires & Polities, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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