Lord Lytton (1876-1880)


  • In 1876 Treaty with Kalat took place and famine took place in Deccan.
  • Imperial Darbar in 1877 to mark the assumption of the title of Empress of India by Queen Victoria.
  • Proposed to constitute Imperial Privy Council comprising of princes.
  • Vernacular Act passed in 1878, Arms Act 1878 repealed and Factory Act was finalized.
  • Lowering Age of civil services to 19 only.
  • In 1878 Stolietoff’s mission was sent to Kabul and Indian troops sent to Malta.
  • Second Anglo- Afghan war in 1878
  • In 1879 Treaty of Gandammak and abdication of Yakub.
  • The Provincial Government was given the control of the expenditure upon all ordinary provincial services including land revenue, excise, stamps, law and justice and general administration.
  • Sir John Strachey the finance member of the viceroy council tried to equalize the rates of salt duties in the British provinces.
  • The famine of 1876-1878.
  • The British parliament passed the Royal Titles Act investing Queen Victoria with the title of Kaiser-i-hind or Queen Empress of India.
  • Introduced the gold standard into the monetary system.