1841 British India Company Rule Queen Victoria Historical Token Exonumia

Description: This historical souvenir token features the bust of Queen Victoria on the obverse side and the design of the East India Company ( 1 Mohur) on the reverse. Ideal as a display object or for LARP and reanactment. Souvenirtoken bronze 8,5 g 26 mm Company rule in India (sometimes Company Raj,[from Hindi: rāj, lit. 'rule' was the rule of the British East India Company on the Indian subcontinent. This is variously taken to have commenced in 1757, after the Battle of Plassey, when the Nawab of Bengal Siraj ud-Daulah was defeated and replaced with Mir Jafar, who had the support of the East India Company;[8] or in 1765, when the Company was granted the diwani, or the right to collect revenue, in Bengal and Bihar;[9] or in 1773, when the Company abolished local rule (Nizamat) in Bengal and established a capital in Calcutta, appointed its first Governor-General, Warren Hastings, and became directly involved in governance.[10] The Company ruled until 1858, when, after the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and the Government of India Act 1858, the India Office of the British government assumed the task of directly administering India in the new British Raj. Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 216 days—which was longer than those of any of her predecessors—constituted the Victorian era. It was a period of industrial, political, scientific, and military change within the United Kingdom, and was marked by a great expansion of the British Empire. In 1876, the British Parliament voted to grant her the additional title of Empress of India.

Price: 18 GBP

Location: Königsberg i.Bay.

End Time: 2024-10-14T14:19:28.000Z

Shipping Cost: 5.08 GBP