East_India_Stock_Dividend_Redemption_Act_1873

East India Stock Dividend Redemption Act 1873

East India Stock Dividend Redemption Act 1873

United Kingdom legislation

The East India Stock Dividend Redemption Act 1873 (36 & 37 Vict. c. 17) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, passed in 1873, that formally dissolved the British East India Company.

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The act was one of the East India Loans Acts 1859 to 1893.[2]

By the time of the act's passing, the British East India Company had already effectively ceased to exist. The company's governmental responsibilities were transferred to the Crown and its liquidation was set in motion by the Government of India Act 1858.[3] The company's 240,000-man military force had also been transferred to the authority of the Crown (subsequently being incorporated into the British Indian Army), significantly reducing its influence.

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  1. [1]
    This short title was conferred on this act by section 1 of this act
  2. [2]
    The Short Titles Act 1896, section 2(1) and schedule 2
  3. [3]
    Wolpert, Stanley (1989). A New History of India (3rd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 239–240. ISBN 0-19-505636-1. OCLC 18019315.
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