The Parliamentary Archives holds a variety of records which
document the relationship between the United Kingdom and India,
including photographs of Indian Army Officers on the Terrace on
the occasion of the coronation of Edward VII in 1902, and papers
relating to the Parliamentary Delegation which was sent to India
in 1946, to meet leading politicians and convince them of the
British desire for an early settlement of the Indian
constitutional issue. In 1858, the Government of India Act
disbanded the East India Company and placed India directly under
British rule. From then on, the governance of India was often
reviewed and the UK Parliament passed a total of 196 Local,
Private and Public Acts regarding India and Indian matters
during the years between 1858 and 1947. Among the most
significant of these Acts were the Indian Councils Act of 1892
which extended the influence of locally-elected provincial
councils, and the 1935 Government of India Act which established
a federal structure in India. These original