Back Keiser van Indië Afrikaans إمبراطور الهند Arabic Emperador de la India AST Император на Индия Bulgarian ভারতের সম্রাট Bengali/Bangla Emperador de l'Índia Catalan Indický císař Czech Kejser af Indien Danish Kaiser von Indien German Anexo:Emperadores de la India Spanish

Emperor of India

This article is about an official title used by British monarchs. For other emperors in the Indian subcontinent, see List of Indian monarchs. For the British battleship, see HMS Emperor of India.

Emperor of India
Kaisar-i-Hind
Imperial
The Star of India
Last to reign
George VI
11 December 1936 – 15 August 1947
Details
First monarchVictoria
Last monarchGeorge VI
(continued as monarch of India and Pakistan)
Formation1 May 1876
Abolition22 June 1948

Emperor or Empress of India was a title used by British monarchs from 1 May 1876 (with the Royal Titles Act 1876) to 22 June 1948[1][2][3] to signify their sovereignty over the Indian Empire as its imperial head of state. The image of the emperor or empress appeared on Indian currency, in government buildings, railway stations, courts, on statues etc. Oaths of allegiance were made to the emperor or empress and the lawful successors by the governors-general, princes, governors, commissioners in India in events such as imperial durbars.

The title was abolished on 22 June 1948, with the Indian Independence Act 1947, under which George VI made a royal proclamation that the words "Emperor of India" were to be omitted in styles of address and from customary titles. This was almost a year after he became the titular head of the newly partitioned and independent dominions of India and Pakistan in 1947. These were abolished upon the establishment of the Republic of India in 1950 and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in 1956.

  1. ^ "No. 38330". The London Gazette. 22 June 1948. p. 3647. Royal Proclamation of 22 June 1948, made in accordance with the Indian Independence Act 1947, 10 & 11 GEO. 6. CH. 30. ('Section 7: ...(2)The assent of the Parliament of the United Kingdom is hereby given to the omission from the Royal Style and Titles of the words " Indiae Imperator " and the words " Emperor of India " and to the issue by His Majesty for that purpose of His Royal Proclamation under the Great Seal of the Realm.'). According to this Royal Proclamation, the King retained the style and titles 'George VI by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas King, Defender of the Faith'
  2. ^ Indian Independence Act 1947 (10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 30)
  3. ^ David Kenneth Fieldhouse (1985). Select Documents on the Constitutional History of the British Empire and Commonwealth: Settler self-government, 1840–1900. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 37. ISBN 978-0-313-27326-1.

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