INDIA'S FIRST WAR OF INDEPENDENCE:EAST INDIA COMPANY GETS A ROYAL BOOT-1

THE QUEEN'S PROCLAMATION

PROCLAMATION,by the Queen in Council,to the Princes,Chiefs, and People of India         ( published by the Governor General at Allahabad,November 1st,1858)

presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty

VICTORIA, by the Grace of God,of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,and of the Colonies and Dependencies thereof in Europe,Asia,Africa,America and Australasia,Queen ,Defender of the faith.

Whereas,for divers weighty reasons,We have resolved,by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal,and Commons,in Parliament assembled, to take upon Ourselves the Government of the Territories in India,heretofore,administered in trust for Us by the Honourable East India Company.

Now,therefore,We do by these Presents notify and declare that, by the advice and consent aforesaid,We have taken upon Ourselves the said Government; and We hereby call upon all our Subjects within the said Territories to be faithful,and to bear true Allegiance to us,Our Heirs,and successors,and to submit themselves to the authority of those whom We may hereafter,from time to time,see fit to appoint administer the Government of Our said Territories,in Our name and on Our behalf.

And We ,reposing especial trust and confidence in the loyalty,ability, and judgement of Our right trusty and well beloved Cousin and Councillor,Charles John Viscount Canning,do hereby constitute and appoint him, the said Viscount Canning,to be our first Viceroy and Governor General in and over Our said Territories,and to administer the Government thereof in our name and on Our behalf, subject to such Orders and Regulations as he shall,from time to time,receive from Us through one of Our Principal Secretaries of State.

And We do hereby confirm in their several Offices,Civil and Military,all Persons now employed in the Service of the Honourable East India Company,subject to Our future pleasure, and to such Laws and Regulations as may hereafter be enacted.

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( Next- Remaining Part of Proclamation)