CBSE Class 8 Answered

Following are five important results of the revolt of 1857:

1. Queen Victoria issued the Proclamation, referred to as the Government of India Act, 1858, that abolished the English East India Company and India was thenceforth to be governed directly by the British Crown.
2. The new office of the Secretary of State was created in the British Government.
3. The powers of the Governor-General were increased and the post of the Viceroy was created in its stead. The first Viceroy of India was Lord Canning.
4. The Doctrine of Lapse was abolished, rights of adoption were granted and the annexed regions were returned to the Indian rulers.
5. The Queen’s Proclamation announced that treaties with the Indian rulers would be honoured henceforth.