Wikipedia Page of the Day: Government of India Act 1858

Government of India Act 1858

Dhondo Keshav Karve (18 April 1858 – 9 November 1962), popularly known as Maharishi Karve, was a social reformer in India in the field of women's welfare. In his honour, Queen's Road in Mumbai (Bombay) was renamed to Maharshi Karve Road. Karve was a pioneer in promoting widows' education. The Government of India awarded him with the highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna, in 1958, the year of his 100th birthday.

The Government of India Act 1858 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (21 & 22 Vict. c. 106) passed on 2 August 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. However, before this bill was to be passed, Palmerston was forced to resign on another issue. Later Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby (who would later become the first Secretary of State for India), introduced another bill which was originally titled as "An Act for the Better Government of India" and it was passed on 2 August 1858. This act provided that India was to be governed directly and in the name of the Crown.


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How did shareholders of the East India Company react to the Government of india Act of 1858?

I would imagine there would be huge resistance to this Act, and yet it seems the shareholders just... let it happen

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[Link] How did shareholders of the East India Company react to the Government of india Act of 1858? reddit.com/r/AskHistorian…
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This Day in Victorian History Government of India transferred from East India Company to the British Crown (1858) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gov…
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TIL India was controlled by a giant British company, with a private army twice the size of the British army, and not the British government for nearly 100 years (1757–1858) before the British Raj was formed. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eas…
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Colorised photo of the last Mughal Emperor of India, Bahadur Shah Zafar II, January 27 1858, Red Fort Delhi. He was facing trial for the Sepoy mutiny of 1857. Colorised by u/handypandy100 (send awards) reddit.com/gallery/pethtw
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What were the main reasons for Britain to not nationalise the East India company's assets years earlier than the India Act 1858?
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[GOA CM]It is unfortunate and shameful that some individuals at St Jacinto Island have objected to Hoisting of the National Flag by the Indian Navy on the occasion of India's Independence Day. I condemn this and want to state on record that my Government will not tolerate such acts.1/2

I have requested the Indian Navy to go ahead with their original plan and have assured full cooperation from Goa Police. These attempts of Anti-India activities shall be dealt with an iron fist. It will always be Nation First.2/2

https://mobile.twitter.com/DrPramodPSawant/status/1426269433446600706

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Maker Unknown, Mughal period (1526-1858): Islamic Attributed to India mid-17th century, Mango-Shaped Flask, Rock crystal; set with gold, enamel, rubies and emeralds, Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Mrs. Charles Wrightsman Gift, 1993 (1993.18) [799x 512]
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Anglo Indian Flag Made for a unique peoples group of Indians mixed with colonial European soldiers during the British rule of India 1858-1948
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The guards of Maharajah Ram Singh III in the Royal Palace of Jaipur. India, 1858. [1166 x 1440]
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Joseph Selleny - Rock-cut Temple of Mamallapuram, India (1858) [3608 Γ— 2467]
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Colorised photo of the last Mughal Emperor of India, Bahadur Shah Zafar II, January 27th 1858, Red Fort, Delhi. He was facing trial for the Sepoy mutiny of 1857. Colorised by u/handypandy100 (send some awards)
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The guards of Maharajah Ram Singh III in the Royal Palace of Jaipur. India, 1858.
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The last Mughal Emperor of India, Bahadur Shah II, pictured in 1858.
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The last Mughal Emperor of India, Bahadur Shah II, pictured in 1858.
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Countess Canning, the first Vicereine of India, riding an elephant - c. 1858-1861
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in 1858, over 200 people in England were poisoned with arsenic, after buying and eating accidentally-poisoned sweets. 21 of them died. The event contributed to the passage of the 1868 Pharmacy Act in the United Kingdom and legislation regulating the adulteration of foodstuffs. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/185…
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Jack dorsey removes Kangana's tweet but liked a tweet which supported rihanna's claim of Indian farmers being oppressed.Time and again twitter has shown it doesn't care about India's laws but only act as a western tool. Time for Indian government to take action against twitter once and for all. opindia.com/2021/02/twitt…
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Gorakhpur BJP MLA compares Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla with a 'dacoit' and asks government to 'acquire' the company under the Epidemic Diseases Act after the vaccine maker had announced its pricing of Covishield vaccines twitter.com/PTI_News/stat…
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1858 picture of the last Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah II. Fun fact: Persian word for Mongol is β€œMughal”, it’s often overlooked that India fell under Mongol rule. First emperor was a direct descendant of Genghis Khan. [600x338]
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TIL that in 1858, over 200 people in England were poisoned with arsenic, after buying and eating accidentally-poisoned sweets. 21 of them died. The event contributed to the passage of the 1868 Pharmacy Act in the United Kingdom and legislation regulating the adulteration of foodstuffs. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/185…
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In 1858, over 200 people in England were poisoned with arsenic, after buying and eating accidentally-poisoned sweets. 21 of them died. The event contributed to the passage of the 1868 Pharmacy Act in the United Kingdom and legislation regulating the adulteration of foodstuffs.

>Background

>William Hardaker, known to locals as "Humbug Billy", sold sweets from a stall in the Greenmarket in central Bradford (now the site of Bradford's Arndale Centre).[3][4] Hardaker purchased his supplies from Joseph Neal, who made the sweets (or "lozenges") on Stone Street a few hundred yards to the north. The lozenges in question were peppermint humbugs, made of peppermint oil incorporated into a base of sugar and gum.[2] However, sugar was expensive (6Β½d per 1 pound (0.45 kg)) and so Neal would substitute powdered gypsum (Β½d per 1 pound (0.45 kg)) β€” known as "daff" β€” for some of the required sugar.[5][4][6] The adulteration of foodstuffs with cheaper substances was common at the time and the adulterators used obscure nicknames ("daff", "multum", "flash", "stuff") to hide the practice.[7][8]

>Accidental poisoning

>On the occasion in question, Neal sent James Archer, a lodger who lived at his house, to collect daff for Hardaker's humbugs from druggist Charles Hodgson. Hodgson's pharmacy was 3 miles (4.8 km) away at Baildon Bridge in Shipley.[9] Hodgson was at his pharmacy, but did not serve Archer owing to illness and so his requests were seen to by his young assistant, William Goddard.[2][10] Goddard asked Hodgson where the daff was, and was told that it was in a cask in a corner of the attic.[8] However, rather than daff, Goddard sold Archer 12 pounds (5.4 kg) of arsenic trioxide.[6]

>The mistake remained undetected even during manufacture of the sweets by James Appleton, an "experienced sweetmaker"[2] employed by Neal, though Appleton did observe that the finished product looked different from the usual humbugs. Appleton was suffering symptoms of illness during the sweet-making process and was ill for several days afterwards with vomiting and pain in his hands and arms, but did not realise it was caused by poison.[11] 40 pounds (18 kg) of lozenges were sold to Hardaker who also noticed the sweets looked unusual and used this to obtain a discount from Neal. Like Appleton, Hardaker, as one of the first to taste the sweets, also promptly became ill.

>Arsenic trioxide is a white, crystalline powder that closely resembles sugar. It has no odour or taste. Regardless, Hardaker sold 5 pounds (2.3 kg) of the sweets from his market stall that night – reportedly at a price of 1Β½d for 2 ounces (57 g).[2] Of those who purchased and ate the sweets, 21 people died with a further 200 or so becoming severely ill with arsenic poisoning wi

... keep reading on reddit ➑

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Colorised photo of the last Mughal Emperor of India, Bahadur Shah Zafar II, January 27 1858, Red Fort Delhi. He was facing trial for the Sepoy mutiny of 1857. Colorised by u/handypandy100 (send awards) reddit.com/gallery/pethtw
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[Arun Pudur] Majority of Church-held land in India is public land on 99 year leases given by British (which has now expired) and Government has not recovered them. So church acts as though they have free and clear title. This is the biggest land scam in the country. Take Public Land back! twitter.com/arunpudur/sta…
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[Arun Pudur] Majority of Church-held land in India is public land on 99 year leases given by British (which has now expired) and Government has not recovered them. So church acts as though they have free and clear title. This is the biggest land scam in the country. Take Public Land back! twitter.com/arunpudur/sta…
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this is Bahadur Shah Zafar II, the last emperor of India or the last emperor of the mighty Mughal empire circa 1858 (976 x 549)
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Twitter just told the Government of India to bugger off. They have refused to comply with an order to ban a certain hashtag and to restrict accounts that circulated it. Now will the government act, or bend over like they always have? twitter.com/Iyervval/stat…
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Aditya Raj Kaul on Twitter: #BREAKING: Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 officially enforced today by the Government of India. The Gazette of India notification has been issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs which means provisions of the act come into force today onwards. #CAA twitter.com/AdityaRajKaul…
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1858 picture of the last Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah II. Fun fact: Persian word for Mongol is Mughal. It is often overlooked that India fell under Mongol rule. First emperor was a direct descendant of Ghengis Khan. [Not OC, originally posted in r/HistoryPorn]
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The Government Has Conducted a Surgical Strike on India's Voluntary Sector: The hastily passed Foreign Contribution Regulation Amendment Act is based on flawed perceptions of what NGOs actually do and how they are financed thewire.in/government/fcr…
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The ruins of Sikandar Bagh palace showing the skeletal remains of rebels in the foreground following the 1857 Indian Rebellion, possibly one of the first-ever photographic images of corpses, Lucknow, India, 1858 [1400x1208]
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[GOA CM]It is unfortunate and shameful that some individuals at St Jacinto Island have objected to Hoisting of the National Flag by the Indian Navy on the occasion of India's Independence Day. I condemn this and want to state on record that my Government will not tolerate such acts.1/2

I have requested the Indian Navy to go ahead with their original plan and have assured full cooperation from Goa Police. These attempts of Anti-India activities shall be dealt with an iron fist. It will always be Nation First.2/2

https://mobile.twitter.com/DrPramodPSawant/status/1426269433446600706

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