HIST 34414 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Crimean War, Ilbert Bill, List Of Districts In India
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Crown: queen victoria"s procla(cid:373)atio(cid:374, government would rule for the benefit for all out subjects referring to the indians, governor-general was now referred to as the viceroy, the representative of the monarch. India was run by this: officials numbered just over 1,000, not that many for the size of india. In theory, it was open to indians as well, but in practice this was not the case. Ilbert bill (1883: problematic for the british. Ilbert was a member of the ics and he thought it was a good idea that indian judges should be able to sit in judgement on. In the end, if a european was put on trial in an indian district, then they would need to find a european, rather than an indian, judge. Indians were disgusted by the fact that indians were not treated as equals and this led to the formation of this congress.
