HISTORY
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Commander-in-Chief
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Viceroy
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Parliament
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The Secretary of State
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Detailed explanation-1: -The control of the British government in India was transferred to the British crown. The Court of Directors and the Board of Control were scrapped and their powers were transferred to the Secretary of State.
Detailed explanation-2: -Provisions of the bill The Queen’s Principal Secretary of State received the powers and duties of the Company’s Court of Directors. A council of fifteen members was appointed to assist the Secretary of State for India. The council became an advisory body in Indian affairs.
Detailed explanation-3: -On August 2, 1858, less than a month after Canning proclaimed the victory of British arms, Parliament passed the Government of India Act, transferring British power over India from the East India Company, whose ineptitude was primarily blamed for the mutiny, to the crown.