In 1857, the first War of Indian Independence was waged by the Indians to bring to an end
the hegemony of the British East India Company. How strange that the Indian effort failed to
attain the goal but the British Parliament accomplished the task by taking India under the direct
control of the British Queen who was designated as the Empress of India who ruled over India by
appointing her Viceroy. Thus the rule of the British East India Company gave way to direct British
rule over India from 1858 to 1947.